#VU43307 Information disclosure in Resteasy - CVE-2012-0818
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43307
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:
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.
RESTEasy before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a DOM document, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Resteasy: 1.0.0 - 2.2.3
External links
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/47818
https://secunia.com/advisories/47832
https://secunia.com/advisories/48697
https://secunia.com/advisories/48954
https://secunia.com/advisories/50084
https://secunia.com/advisories/57716
https://secunia.com/advisories/57719
https://www.osvdb.org/78679
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51748
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51766
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72808
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-637
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.
