Vulnerability identifier: #VU43307

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: CVE-2012-0818

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.

RESTEasy before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a DOM document, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Resteasy: 1.0.0 - 2.2.3

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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/47818
http://secunia.com/advisories/47832
http://secunia.com/advisories/48697
http://secunia.com/advisories/48954
http://secunia.com/advisories/50084
http://secunia.com/advisories/57716
http://secunia.com/advisories/57719
http://www.osvdb.org/78679
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51748
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-637

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Q & A

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.