CVE-2011-5245
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)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.21% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- redhat/resteasy
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47832Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50084Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57719
- http://www.osvdb.org/78680
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51766
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72808
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647Patch
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY/fixforversion/12318708
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47832Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50084Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.