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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

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3-alpha0 up to 3.2.4.release, all versions starting from 4-alpha0 up to 4.0.0.m3

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.5.RELEASE
  • 4.0.0.RELEASE

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.2.5.RELEASE, 4.0.0.RELEASE or above.

Impact 6.8 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Source file

maven/org.springframework/spring-web/CVE-2013-6429.yml

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