CVE-2014-3243 SOAPpy vulnerable to XXE attacks
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted SOAP requests exploiting recursive entity expansion in the SOAPpy library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3243?
CVE-2014-3243 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3243?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including soappy and SOAPpy. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
soappy PyPI | All versions | 0.12.6 |
soappy PyPI | All versions | 0.12.6 |
SOAPpy PyPI | All versions | 0.12.6 |
Products include Makina-Corpus Soappy.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3243?
Upgrade soappy to 0.12.6 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-3243 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3243 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26, PYSEC-2026-923, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3243.