HIGH 8.8 Maven
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Spring Framework
GHSA-f93f-g33r-8pcp · CVE-2014-0225
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Description
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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0225
- WEB https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/44ee51a6c9c3734b3fcf9a20817117e86047d753
- WEB https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/8e096aeef55287dc829484996c9330cf755891a1
- WEB https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/c6503ebbf7c9e21ff022c58706dbac5417b2b5eb
- WEB https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11768
- WEB https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0225
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