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Bug 1125795 - (CVE-2014-3573) CVE-2014-3573 oVirt Engine: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in backend module
CVE-2014-3573 oVirt Engine: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in backend module
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20140904,repor...
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Depends On: 1125802 1125803
Blocks: 1125797
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Reported: 2014-08-01 00:55 EDT by Arun Babu Neelicattu
Modified: 2015-02-15 16:55 EST (History)
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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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Last Closed: 2014-09-04 11:31:24 EDT
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1161 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.4.2 update 2014-09-04 15:09:32 EDT

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Description Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-08-01 00:55:55 EDT
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 02:05:12 EDT
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Arun Babu Neelicattu of Red Hat Product Security.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-09-04 11:10:09 EDT
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

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