A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ownCloud (Cloud Software). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHPDocX, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

The weakness was presented 06/04/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at owncloud.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2056 since 02/19/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-69922 and VDB-69921 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Cloud Software

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• ownCloud

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.9
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.11
• 5.0.12
• 5.0.13
• 5.0.14
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1

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• open-source

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