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CVE-2014-0096GHSA-QPRX-Q2R7-3RX6

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x befo

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.0.40, 7.0.54, 8.0.6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    fixed in 6.0.40

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.0.54

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.0.6

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven

    fixed in 6.0.40

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven

    From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.0.54

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven

    From 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.0.6

References 25

advisories.mageia.org

novell.com

securityfocus.com

secunia.com

rhn.redhat.com

vmware.com

www-01.ibm.com

mandriva.com

linux.oracle.com

svn.apache.org

securitytracker.com

debian.org

marc.info

tomcat.apache.org

oracle.com

lists.fedoraproject.org