#VU41063 Input validation error in Resteasy - CVE-2014-7839

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#VU41063 Input validation error in Resteasy - CVE-2014-7839

Published: November 25, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41063
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7839
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Resteasy
Software vendor:
resteasy

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

DocumentProvider in RESTEasy 2.3.7 and 3.0.9 does not configure the (1) external-general-entities or (2) external-parameter-entities features, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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