#VU43307 Information disclosure in Resteasy - CVE-2012-0818 

 

#VU43307 Information disclosure in Resteasy - CVE-2012-0818

Published: November 23, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43307
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0818
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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