Vulnerability identifier: #VU43306
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Resteasy
Other software /
Other software solutions
Vendor: resteasy
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Resteasy: 1.0.0 - 2.3.0
External links
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47832
http://secunia.com/advisories/50084
http://secunia.com/advisories/57716
http://secunia.com/advisories/57719
http://www.osvdb.org/78680
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51766
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72808
http://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY/fixforversion/12318708
http://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.