CVE-2011-5245 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy
Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via XML external entity injection in RESTEasy's JAXB provider, requiring an upgrade to secure the application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-5245?
CVE-2011-5245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-5245?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider Maven | All versions | 2.3.2 |
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider Maven | All versions | 2.3.2 |
Products include Redhat Resteasy.
How do I fix CVE-2011-5245?
Upgrade org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider to 2.3.2 or later.
Is CVE-2011-5245 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5245 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2016-9606 JBoss RESTEasy vulnerable to Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2018-1051 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-yaml-provider
- CVE-2016-6346 Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
- CVE-2016-6345 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy
- CVE-2014-7839 XML External Entity Reference in RESTEasy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g4jg-gpwv-p7wv.