CVE-2014-0054

NameCVE-2014-0054
DescriptionThe Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.
SourceCVE (at NVD; oss-sec, fulldisc, OSVDB, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, more)
ReferencesDSA-2890-1
NVD severitymedium (attack range: remote, user-initiated)
Debian Bugs741604
Debian/oldstablenot known to be vulnerable.
Debian/stablenot vulnerable.
Debian/testingnot vulnerable.
Debian/unstablenot vulnerable.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libspring-java (PTS)wheezy, wheezy (security)3.0.6.RELEASE-6+deb7u3fixed
jessie, sid3.0.6.RELEASE-17fixed

The information above is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libspring-javasource(unstable)3.0.6.RELEASE-13medium741604
libspring-javasourcewheezy3.0.6.RELEASE-6+deb7u3mediumDSA-2890-1
Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems