CVE-2014-0225 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Pivotal Software Spring Framework

First reported 7 years ago

2017-05-25 17:29:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-06-07 14:58:00

Affected Software

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.0

3.0.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.1

3.0.1

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.2

3.0.2

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.3

3.0.3

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.4

3.0.4

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.5

3.0.5

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.6

3.0.6

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.0.7

3.0.7

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.0

3.1.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.0 Release Candidate 1

3.1.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.0 Release Candidate 2

3.1.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.1

3.1.1

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.2

3.1.2

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.3

3.1.3

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.1.4

3.1.4

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.0

3.2.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.0 Release Candidate 1

3.2.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.0 Release Candidate 2

3.2.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.0 Release Candidate 2-A

3.2.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.1

3.2.1

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.2

3.2.2

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.3

3.2.3

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.4

3.2.4

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.5

3.2.5

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.6

3.2.6

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.7

3.2.7

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 3.2.8

3.2.8

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.0

4.0.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.0 Release Candidate 1

4.0.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.0 Release Candidate 2

4.0.0

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.1

4.0.1

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.2

4.0.2

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.3

4.0.3

Pivotal Software Spring Framework 4.0.4

4.0.4

References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0225

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