Bug 1085555 (CVE-2014-0171)

Summary: CVE-2014-0171 Odata4j: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pavel Polischouk <pavelp>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aneelica, chazlett, jcoleman, jrusnack, security-response-team, vhalbert
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It was found that Odata4j permitted XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks. If a REST endpoint was deployed, a remote attacker could submit a request containing an external XML entity that, when resolved, allowed that attacker to read files on the application server in the context of the user running that server.
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Bug Depends On: 1085557, 1175929    
Bug Blocks: 1084867, 1159088    

Description Pavel Polischouk 2014-04-08 22:27:07 UTC
IssueDescription:

It was found that Odata4j permitted XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks. If a REST endpoint was deployed, a remote attacker could submit a request containing an external XML entity that, when resolved, allowed that attacker to read files on the application server in the context of the user running that server.

Comment 7 Martin Prpič 2014-09-19 09:26:35 UTC
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by David Jorm of Red Hat Product Security.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2015-01-12 17:33:23 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0

Via RHSA-2015:0034 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0034.html