Bug 1125795 (CVE-2014-3573) - CVE-2014-3573 oVirt Engine: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in backend module
Summary: CVE-2014-3573 oVirt Engine: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in backend module
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-3573
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1125802 1125803
Blocks: 1125797
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Reported: 2014-08-01 04:55 UTC by Arun Babu Neelicattu
Modified: 2023-05-12 16:06 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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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 15:31:24 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1161 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.4.2 update 2014-09-04 19:09:32 UTC

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
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