CVE-2013-6429: XML External Entity (XXE) injection

January 26, 2014 (updated June 5, 2019)

The SourceHttpMessageConverter in this package does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML.

References

www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429
bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2013-6429

Code Behaviors & Features

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