Bug 1164848 (CVE-2014-3629) - CVE-2014-3629 qpid-cpp: XXE vulnerability causes outgoing HTTP connections
Summary: CVE-2014-3629 qpid-cpp: XXE vulnerability causes outgoing HTTP connections
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2014-3629
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1159305
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Reported: 2014-11-17 17:11 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:00 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: apache qpid 0.31
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-07-31 04:30:38 UTC
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Description Vincent Danen 2014-11-17 17:11:17 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2014-3629 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2014-3629
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3629
Assigned: 20140514
Reference: 20141107 CVE-2014-3629: Apache Qpid's qpidd can be induced to make http requests
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/533943/100/0/threaded
Reference: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129034/Apache-Qpid-0.30-Induced-HTTP-Requests.html
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71004
Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/62235
Reference: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/98575

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XML Exchange module in
Apache Qpid 0.30 allows remote attackers to cause outgoing HTTP
connections via a crafted message.


Upstream notes the following mitigations:

If the XML exchange functionality is not required, the module in
question need not be loaded at all. This can be done either by moving
the module - named xml.so - out of the module directory, or by setting
the --no-module-dir option and adding an explicit --load-module
argument for every required module.

Where the XML exchange functionality is required, authorisation may be
enabled to prevent all but trusted users from creating or publishing
to xml exchanges.


A patch to correct this is available:

https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=r1637402
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-6218

This has also been fixed in Fedora already:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-14564/qpid-cpp-0.26-12.fc19

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2015-07-31 04:30:38 UTC
The XML exchange type is an optional and dynamically-loaded module, where authorization may be enabled to prevent untrusted users from creating, or publishing to, XML exchanges.  In order for this to be exploited it first needs to be enabled (non-default) and you must be an authenticated user.

Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.


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