CVE-2014-0054 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2014-0054 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar

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path: /root/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-web/3.1.1.RELEASE/spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar,2/repository/org/springframework/spring-web/3.1.1.RELEASE/spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 23068bfa8fba8e934988efafc64fa2cf0fdb8462

Vulnerability Details

The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 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, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.

Publish Date: 2014-04-17

URL: CVE-2014-0054

CVSS 2 Score Details (6.8)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11376

Release Date: 2014-02-18

Fix Resolution: Upgrade to version 3.2.8, 4.0.2 or greater

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