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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2017-7464)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2017-7464)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/11/2017
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

It was found that the JAXP implementation used in JBoss EAP 7.0 for SAX and DOM parsing is vulnerable to certain XXE flaws. An attacker could use this flaw to cause DoS, SSRF, or information disclosure if they are able to provide XML content for parsing.. It was found that the JAXP implementation used in EAP 7.0 for SAX and DOM parsing is vulnerable to certain XXE flaws. An attacker could use this flaw to cause DoS, SSRF, or information disclosure if they are able to provide XML content for parsing.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

References

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