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; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2890-1
NVD severitymedium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs741604

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libspring-java (PTS)wheezy (security), wheezy3.0.6.RELEASE-6+deb7u3fixed
jessie3.0.6.RELEASE-17fixed
stretch, sid4.3.3-1fixed

The information below 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
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