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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CVE-2018-14720)

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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CVE-2018-14720)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/02/2019
Created
11/23/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-7_2_1

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