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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-14949): restlet vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Nov 30, 2017

Added

Jun 26, 2025

Modified

Jul 28, 2025

Description

Restlet Framework before 2.3.12 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a crafted REST API HTTP request that conducts an XXE attack, because only general external entities (not parameter external entities) are properly considered. This is related to XmlRepresentation, DOMRepresentation, SaxRepresentation, and JacksonRepresentation.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package

References

CVE-2017-14949
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-14949
https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements
https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14949
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14949

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