CVE-2008-0628

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-01-31
Bugzilla:
431416: CVE-2008-0628 java-1.6.0 default external entity processing

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.

Find out more about CVE-2008-0628 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-bea) RHSA-2008:0245 2008-04-28

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