CVE-2014-0225 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2014-0225 - High 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

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

Publish Date: 2017-05-25

URL: CVE-2014-0225

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0225

Fix Resolution: Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation: Users of 3.x should upgrade to 3.2.9 or later Users of 4.x should upgrade to 4.0.5 or later

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