Red Hat RESTEasy up to 2.3.1 JAXB readFrom information disclosure
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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat RESTEasy up to 2.3.1. This affects the function readFrom
of the component JAXB. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was disclosed 11/23/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at issues.jboss.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-5245 since 11/23/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79284 (RHEL 6 : rhevm (RHSA-2012:0421)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72808) and Tenable (79284). The entry 63028 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 79284
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : rhevm (RHSA-2012:0421)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: RESTEasy 1.0.1
Timeline
01/31/2012 🔍11/23/2012 🔍
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11/05/2014 🔍
11/17/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: RHSA-2012:0421
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-5245 (🔍)
X-Force: 72808
Vulnerability Center: 49048 - JBoss RESTEasy < 2.3.2 Remote XML eXternal Entity (XXE), Medium
SecurityFocus: 51766 - RESTEasy JaxB XML Entity References Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 47832
OSVDB: 78680
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22Updated: 12/20/2021 10:38
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (64), 06/22/2017 10:50 (6), 12/20/2021 10:33 (3), 12/20/2021 10:38 (2)
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