CVE-2014-0225 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2014-0225 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-oxm-4.0.0.RELEASE.jar

path: 2/repository/org/springframework/spring-oxm/4.0.0.RELEASE/spring-oxm-4.0.0.RELEASE.jar

Library home page: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ spring-oxm-4.0.0.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in commit: f396e60bf74726f66a202d308a1f2865177e4bee

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-0225

Release Date: 2017-12-31

Fix Resolution: Upgrade to version spring-oxm-4.0.5.RELEASE, spring-oxm-3.2.9.RELEASE, spring-webmvc-4.0.5.RELEASE, spring-webmvc-3.2.9.RELEASE or greater

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