CVE-2011-5245

Medium

Description

The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Resteasy
PublishedNov 23, 2012
First seenNov 23, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider2.3.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat resteasyv ≤ 2.3.1, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.0—
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-providerMavenv < 2.3.22.3.2

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