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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2017-7503)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-2017-7503)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/18/2017
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

It was found that the Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0.5 implementation of javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory is vulnerable to XXE. An attacker could use this flaw to launch DoS or SSRF attacks, or read files from the server where EAP is deployed.. It was found that the Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0.5 implementation of javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory is vulnerable to XXE. An attacker could use this flaw to launch DoS or SSRF attacks, or read files from the server where EAP is deployed.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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