CVE-2014-3004
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-3004 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue affects the version of castor as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 is now in Phase 3, Extended Life Support, of its life cycle. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. 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/
Fuse ESB Enterprise 7 is now in Maintenance Support phase receiving only qualified Important and Critical impact security fixes. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Fuse Product Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/fusesource/
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4 | castor-xml | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | castor | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | castor | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | jasperreports-server-pro | Will not fix |
Mitigation
"A configuration file in the Java library directory (e.g. /jdk1.2/lib) can be used to override the default configuration file with system-wide properties. In addition, a configuration file can be placed in the classpath and will override both the system wide properties and Castor-default configuration." [1]
Adding the following content in any of the above mentioned configuration files will act as a viable mitigation against this flaw.
> org.exolab.castor.sax.features=\
> http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl
>
> org.exolab.castor.sax.features-to-disable=\
> http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities,\
> http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities,\
> http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd
Note that using this configuration after upgrading to a version of Castor containing a fix for this issue might override any future hardening or changes to default behavior.
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