#VU43306 Information disclosure in Resteasy - CVE-2011-5245

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Published: 2012-11-23 | Updated: 2020-08-11

Vulnerability identifier: #VU43306

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5245

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Resteasy
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor: resteasy

Description

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Resteasy: 1.0.0 - 2.3.0

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Latest bulletins with this vulnerability

Information disclosure in Resteasy