#VU17185 XML External Entity injection in Spring Web Services - CVE-2019-3773 

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#VU17185 XML External Entity injection in Spring Web Services - CVE-2019-3773

Published: January 24, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17185
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3773
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Spring Web Services
Software vendor:
Pivotal

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct XXE-attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted input and obtain potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash


Remediation

The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 2.4.4, 3.0.6.

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