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CVE-2014-0096: Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

May 14, 2022 (updated April 14, 2025)

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qprx-q2r7-3rx6
  • github.com/apache/tomcat
  • github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3c53c4da7bcf300f519eaed5ad1751d24dd59f6b
  • github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5c545da226b3c71ed9603c38ad2de88057778c1b
  • github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/913d94b289e056107e521dbab8e79cc72a62a331
  • github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/970c23bfd24dfa1dcb86ed917e6c8b47dcfb4433
  • github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/65ed69d96a101dfa99eea2cfe17e9e87b310084c
  • github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/f3f2979df693a9c84c6742fcb162f3671b0a50d3
  • h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0096

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.0.40, all versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.0.54, all versions starting from 8.0.0 before 8.0.6

Fixed versions

  • 6.0.40
  • 7.0.54
  • 8.0.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 6.0.40, 7.0.54, 8.0.6 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina/CVE-2014-0096.yml

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