Red Hat RESTEasy up to 2.3.1 JAXB readFrom information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

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. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-5245. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 42440 (Juniper Junos Space Multiple Vulnerabilities (JSA10627)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72808), Tenable (79284), SecurityFocus (BID 51766†), OSVDB (78680†) and Secunia (SA47832†). The entry VDB-63028 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: 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: Upgrade
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Upgrade: RESTEasy 1.0.1

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01/31/2012 🔍
11/23/2012 +297 days 🔍
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11/05/2014 +712 days 🔍
11/17/2014 +12 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:0421
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-5245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63027
X-Force: 72808
SecurityFocus: 51766 - RESTEasy JaxB XML Entity References Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 47832
OSVDB: 78680
Vulnerability Center: 49048 - JBoss RESTEasy < 2.3.2 Remote XML eXternal Entity (XXE), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/27/2024 17:05
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), 12/27/2024 17:05 (18)
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