Bug 1043332 (CVE-2013-6440) - CVE-2013-6440 XMLTooling-J/OpenSAML Java: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in ParserPool and Decrypter
Summary: CVE-2013-6440 XMLTooling-J/OpenSAML Java: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in P...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-6440
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: Red Hat1045295 Red Hat1045296 Red Hat1045297 Red Hat1045298 Red Hat1051300 Red Hat1051301 Red Hat1051302 Red Hat1075468
Blocks: Embargoed1043333 Embargoed1050810 Embargoed1055846 Embargoed1058944 Embargoed1141957 Embargoed1145284 Embargoed1159080
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Reported: 2013-12-16 01:56 UTC by David Jorm
Modified: 2021-08-11 12:42 UTC (History)
22 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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It was found that the ParserPool and Decrypter classes in the OpenSAML Java implementation resolved external entities, permitting XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.
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Last Closed: 2014-12-15 21:15:33 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0170 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.1 update 2014-02-13 23:34:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0171 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.1 update 2014-02-13 23:33:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0172 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.1 update 2014-02-13 23:33:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0195 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.1.1 update 2014-02-20 22:22:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0452 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Fuse ESB Enterprise/Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.1.0 update 2014-04-30 22:49:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1290 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 update 2014-09-24 00:19:55 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1291 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.0.3 update 2014-09-24 00:19:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1995 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0 security update 2014-12-16 01:35:32 UTC

Description David Jorm 2013-12-16 01:56:37 UTC 
IssueDescription:

It was found that the ParserPool and Decrypter classes in the OpenSAML Java implementation resolved external entities, permitting XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.
Comment 1 David Jorm 2013-12-16 03:51:58 UTC 
Upstream Advisory:

http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20131213.txt

External References:

http://blog.sendsafely.com/post/69590974866/web-based-single-sign-on-and-the-dangers-of-saml-xml
Comment 3 David Jorm 2013-12-20 05:13:09 UTC 
Upstream patch:

http://svn.shibboleth.net/view/java-xmltooling?view=revision&revision=812
http://svn.shibboleth.net/view/java-xmltooling?view=revision&revision=815

Upstream bug reports:

https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/JXT-105
https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/JXT-107
Comment 5 Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-01-09 05:45:40 UTC 
All versions of XMLTooling-J before 1.4.1 and distributions of OpenSAML Java before 2.6.1 are affected by this flaw.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-02-13 18:38:33 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.1

Via RHSA-2014:0172 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2014-02-13 18:39:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEAP 6 for RHEL 6
  JBEAP 6.2 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2014:0171 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2014-02-13 18:41:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEAP 6 for RHEL 5
  JBEAP 6.2 for RHEL 5

Via RHSA-2014:0170 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2014-02-20 17:23:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.1.1

Via RHSA-2014:0195 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-30 18:50:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Fuse ESB Enterprise/MQ Enterprise 7.1.0 R1 P3

Via RHSA-2014:0452 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0452.html
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2014-09-23 20:20:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.0.3

Via RHSA-2014:1291 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1291.html
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2014-09-23 20:20:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3

Via RHSA-2014:1290 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1290.html
Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2014-12-15 20:35:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0

Via RHSA-2014:1995 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1995.html
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