Bug 1187339 (CVE-2014-8162) - CVE-2014-8162 Satellite5: RPC API XML External Entities file disclosure
Summary: CVE-2014-8162 Satellite5: RPC API XML External Entities file disclosure
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-8162
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: 1181470 1215814
Blocks: 1187346
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Reported: 2015-01-29 19:28 UTC by Kurt Seifried
Modified: 2023-05-13 01:40 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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It was found that the RPC interface in Satellite would resolve external entities, allowing an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the Satellite server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.
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Last Closed: 2015-05-11 19:06:20 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0957 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: spacewalk-java security update 2015-05-11 21:40:23 UTC

Description Kurt Seifried 2015-01-29 19:28:53 UTC 
Travis Emmert reports:

The RPC interface that exists on the satellite server at http(s)://hostname/rpc/api is vulnerable to a XML external entities attack. The XML parser that handles the body of the RPC request is insecurely configured, allowing for a wide range of attacks.
Comment 19 Kurt Seifried 2015-05-11 16:12:43 UTC 
Acknowledgement:

Red Hat would like to thank Travis Emmert for reporting this issue.
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2015-05-11 17:40:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite Server v 5.7

Via RHSA-2015:0957 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0957.html
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