Apache Standard Taglibs up to 1.2.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apache Standard Taglibs up to 1.2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Apache. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0254. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apache Standard Taglibs up to 1.2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Apache. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform> JSTL XML tag.

The weakness was released 03/09/2015 by David Jorm (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-0254 since 11/17/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82471 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : jakarta-taglibs-standard vulnerability (USN-2551-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370758 (IBM WebSphere Application Server XML External Entity Injection (XXE) Vulnerability (swg21978495)).

Upgrading to version 1.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (82471), SecurityFocus (BID 72809†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56408†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-89670, VDB-96591, VDB-99569 and VDB-99570. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 82471
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : jakarta-taglibs-standard vulnerability (USN-2551-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2015-595
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Standard Taglibs 1.2.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: USN-2551-1
Researcher: David Jorm
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CVE: CVE-2015-0254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74371
SecurityFocus: 72809 - Apache Standard Taglibs CVE-2015-0254 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034934
Vulnerability Center: 56408 - Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 Remote Code Execution or XXE Vulnerability via a Crafted XSLT Extension, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2015 12:31
Updated: 05/01/2022 09:14
Changes: 03/30/2015 12:31 (62), 07/23/2018 07:52 (16), 05/01/2022 09:06 (4), 05/01/2022 09:10 (1), 05/01/2022 09:14 (1)
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