CVE-2014-3490
It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-0818 was incomplete: external parameter entities were not disabled when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter was set to false. A remote attacker able to send XML requests to a RESTEasy endpoint could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3490 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| 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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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 | RHSA-2014:1039 | 2014-08-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2 | RHSA-2015:1009 | 2015-05-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0 | RHSA-2015:0234 | 2015-02-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (resteasy) | RHSA-2014:1040 | 2014-08-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0 | RHSA-2015:0765 | 2015-03-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3 | RHSA-2014:1904 | 2014-11-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (resteasy-base) | RHSA-2014:1011 | 2014-08-06 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (resteasy) | RHSA-2014:1040 | 2014-08-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.3 | RHSA-2014:1298 | 2014-09-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.7 | RHSA-2015:0125 | 2015-02-04 |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1 | RHSA-2015:0675 | 2015-03-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0 | RHSA-2015:0720 | 2015-03-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0 | RHSA-2015:0235 | 2015-02-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server (resteasy) | RHSA-2014:1040 | 2014-08-11 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | candlepin | Not affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | resteasy | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |