Bug 1088342 – CVE-2014-0096 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs

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Bug 1088342 - (CVE-2014-0096) CVE-2014-0096 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs

Summary:	CVE-2014-0096 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2014-0096

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1102163 1160690 1102124 1102125 1102126 1102128 1102129 1102130 1102148 1102149 1102150 1102151 1102152 1102153 1102154 1102155 1102156 1102157 1102158 1102159 1102160 1102161 1102162 1102164 1102165 1102166 1102167 1102171 1102172 1113319 1113326 1113339
Blocks:	1079805 1082938 1097027 1102015 1103878 1105099 1105100 1105275 1108465 1181883 1182400 1182419 1200191
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Reported:	2014-04-16 09:19 EDT by Arun Babu Neelicattu
Modified:	2018-05-10 14:11 EDT (History)
CC List:	39 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	tomcat 7.0.53, tomcat 6.0.41
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External Entities (XXEs) in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive information.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0827	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: tomcat security update	2014-07-02 08:44:18 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0833	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat6 security update	2014-07-03 17:06:00 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0834	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat6 security and bug fix update	2014-07-03 17:01:15 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0835	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat7 security update	2014-07-03 17:01:05 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0836	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat7 security update	2014-07-03 17:00:58 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0842	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.4 security update	2014-07-07 14:49:59 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0843	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.4 security update	2014-07-07 14:49:49 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0865	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: tomcat6 security and bug fix update	2014-07-09 15:16:10 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0895	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.3.0 update	2014-07-16 17:12:23 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0234	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.0.3 security update	2015-02-17 22:27:47 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0235	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 security update	2015-02-17 22:27:36 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0675	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1.0 update	2015-03-11 16:51:21 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0720	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0 security update	2015-03-24 21:05:53 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0765	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0 security update	2015-03-31 17:00:43 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1009	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0 update	2015-05-14 15:14:47 EDT

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Description Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-04-16 09:19:53 EDT

It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XXEs in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent security restrictions to disclose sensitive information.

Comment 1 Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-04-16 09:25:12 EDT

Upstream Patch Commits:

[tc6] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853

[tc7 part 1] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637
[tc7 part 2] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655

[jboss-web] https://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWeb?cs=2427

Comment 6 Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-05-28 10:39:20 EDT

Created tomcat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1102152]

Comment 8 Vincent Danen 2014-05-28 23:23:47 EDT

Tomcat 6 fix: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853

Tomcat 7 fix: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637 and http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-02 04:47:50 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0827 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0827.html

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-03 13:01:41 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.1

Via RHSA-2014:0836 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0836.html

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-03 13:02:37 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 5
  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2014:0835 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0835.html

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-03 13:06:14 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.1

Via RHSA-2014:0833 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0833.html

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-03 14:30:29 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 5
  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2014:0834 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0834.html

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-07 10:50:11 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEAP 6.2 for RHEL 6
  JBEAP 6.2 for RHEL 5

Via RHSA-2014:0843 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0843.html

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-07 10:51:09 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.4

Via RHSA-2014:0842 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0842.html

Comment 19 Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-07-08 21:09:26 EDT

Statement:

This issue does affect JBossWeb as shipped in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 is currently in reduced support phase (Phase 2: Maintenance Support), receiving only Critical and Important security updates, hence this issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates for  Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat JBoss Middleware and Red Hat JBoss Operations Network Product Update and Support Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes/ and the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-09 11:16:26 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0865 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0865.html

Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 13:13:07 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Data Grid 6.3.0

Via RHSA-2014:0895 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0895.html

Comment 22 Martin Prpič 2014-07-17 10:35:15 EDT

IssueDescription:

It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External Entities (XXEs) in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive information.

Comment 28 errata-xmlrpc 2015-02-17 17:28:06 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3

Via RHSA-2015:0235 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0235.html

Comment 29 errata-xmlrpc 2015-02-17 17:31:53 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.0.3

Via RHSA-2015:0234 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0234.html

Comment 31 Fedora Update System 2015-02-23 03:02:50 EST

tomcat-7.0.59-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 32 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-11 12:52:29 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1.0

Via RHSA-2015:0675 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html

Comment 33 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-24 17:06:20 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0

Via RHSA-2015:0720 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html

Comment 34 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-31 13:01:23 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0

Via RHSA-2015:0765 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html

Comment 35 errata-xmlrpc 2015-05-14 11:17:23 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Portal 6.2.0

Via RHSA-2015:1009 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1009.html

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