CVE-2017-7545

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-11-30
CWE:
CWE-611
Bugzilla:
1474822: CVE-2017-7545 jbpmmigration: XXE vulnerability in XmlUtils
It was discovered that the XmlUtils class in jbpmmigration performed expansion of external parameter entities while parsing XML files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server and, potentially, perform other more advanced XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks.

Find out more about CVE-2017-7545 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 6.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4 RHSA-2017:3355 2017-11-30
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4 RHSA-2017:3354 2017-11-30

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 jbpmmigration Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Man Yue Mo (Semmle) for reporting this issue.

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