SB2012112308 - Information disclosure in Resteasy

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SB2012112308 - Information disclosure in Resteasy

Published: November 23, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2012112308
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5245)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References