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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2016-8739)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2016-8739)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/19/2016
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
12/20/2024

Description

The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which represents a major XXE risk.. Apache CXF JAX-RS implementation provides a number of Atom MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser to parse Atom feeds or Entries, with this Parser expanding XML entities by default. It was found that this represents a major XXE risk.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

References

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