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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CVE-2017-7464)

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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CVE-2017-7464)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/27/2018
Created
11/23/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

It was found that the JAXP implementation used in JBoss EAP 7.0 for SAX and DOM parsing is vulnerable to certain XXE flaws. An attacker could use this flaw to cause DoS, SSRF, or information disclosure if they are able to provide XML content for parsing.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

References

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