Red Hat RESTEasy up to 2.3.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat RESTEasy up to 2.3.0. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-0818. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat RESTEasy up to 2.3.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

RESTEasy before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a DOM document, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

The weakness was presented 11/23/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at issues.jboss.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0818 since 01/19/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79289 (RHEL 6 : Storage Server (RHSA-2013:1263)), 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 122510 (CentOS Security Update for resteasy-base (CESA-2014:1011)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72808), Tenable (79289), SecurityFocus (BID 51766†), OSVDB (78679†) and Secunia (SA47818†). See VDB-63027, VDB-70658 and VDB-125386 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 79289
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : Storage Server (RHSA-2013:1263)
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OpenVAS ID: 800404
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for resteasy-base RHSA-2014:1011-01
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: RESTEasy 1.0.1

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01/31/2012 +12 days 🔍
11/23/2012 +297 days 🔍
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11/05/2014 +712 days 🔍
11/17/2014 +12 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +115 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +12 days 🔍
12/20/2021 +2463 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:1263
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0818 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0818
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63028
X-Force: 72808
SecurityFocus: 51766 - RESTEasy JaxB XML Entity References Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 47818
OSVDB: 78679
Vulnerability Center: 49046 - JBoss 'RESTEasy\x27 < 2.3.1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability When Processing XML Data, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/20/2021 10:50
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (65), 06/22/2017 10:50 (9), 12/20/2021 10:44 (3), 12/20/2021 10:50 (2)
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