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
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-0096
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1102163 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 1160690
Blocks: 1079805 1082938 1097027 1102015 1103878 1105099 1105100 1105275 1108465 1181883 1182400 1182419 1200191
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-04-16 13:19 UTC by Arun Babu Neelicattu
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:38 UTC (History)
39 users (show)

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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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:32:35 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0827 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: tomcat security update 2014-07-02 12:44:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0833 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat6 security update 2014-07-03 21:06:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0834 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat6 security and bug fix update 2014-07-03 21:01:15 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0835 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat7 security update 2014-07-03 21:01:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0836 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat7 security update 2014-07-03 21:00:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0842 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.4 security update 2014-07-07 18:49:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0843 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2.4 security update 2014-07-07 18:49:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0865 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: tomcat6 security and bug fix update 2014-07-09 19:16:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0895 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.3.0 update 2014-07-16 21:12:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0234 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.0.3 security update 2015-02-18 03:27:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0235 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 security update 2015-02-18 03:27:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0675 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1.0 update 2015-03-11 20:51:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0720 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0 security update 2015-03-25 01:05:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0765 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0 security update 2015-03-31 21:00:43 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1009 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0 update 2015-05-14 19:14:47 UTC

Description Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-04-16 13:19:53 UTC 
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 13:25:12 UTC 
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 14:39:20 UTC 
Created tomcat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1102152]
Comment 8 Vincent Danen 2014-05-29 03:23:47 UTC 
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 08:47:50 UTC 
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 17:01:41 UTC 
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 17:02:37 UTC 
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 17:06:14 UTC 
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 18:30:29 UTC 
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 14:50:11 UTC 
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 14:51:09 UTC 
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 2014-07-09 01:09:26 UTC 
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 15:16:26 UTC 
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 17:13:07 UTC 
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 14:35:15 UTC 
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 22:28:06 UTC 
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 22:31:53 UTC 
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 08:02:50 UTC 
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 16:52:29 UTC 
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 21:06:20 UTC 
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 17:01:23 UTC 
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 15:17:23 UTC 
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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