Bug 1125795 (CVE-2014-3573)

Summary: CVE-2014-3573 oVirt Engine: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in backend module
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Arun Babu Neelicattu <aneelica>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acathrow, alonbl, aneelica, bazulay, bmcclain, chazlett, dblechte, djorm, ecohen, gklein, grocha, idith, iheim, jrusnack, laravot, lpeer, lsurette, michal.skrivanek, nobody, ofrenkel, oourfali, pstehlik, rgolan, security-response-team, yeylon
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It was discovered that, when loading XML/RSDL documents, the oVirt Engine back end module used an insecure DocumentBuilderFactory. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the ovirt-engine server, and potentially perform other more advanced XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.
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Bug Depends On: 1125802, 1125803    
Bug Blocks: 1125797    

Description Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-08-01 04:55:55 UTC
IssueDescription:

It was discovered that, when loading XML/RSDL documents, the oVirt Engine back end module used an insecure DocumentBuilderFactory. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the ovirt-engine server, and potentially perform other more advanced XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.

Comment 2 Murray McAllister 2014-08-01 06:05:12 UTC
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Arun Babu Neelicattu of Red Hat Product Security.

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-09-04 15:10:09 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  RHEV Manager version 3.4

Via RHSA-2014:1161 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1161.html