Home > Vulnerability Database > CVE-2014-0096

Mend.io Vulnerability Database

New vulnerability? Tell us about it!

CVE-2014-0096

Good to know:

Date: May 31, 2014

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Language: Java

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (64)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59678

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59873

Url: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010166

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59835

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/970c23bfd24dfa1dcb86ed917e6c8b47dcfb4433

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/f3f2979df693a9c84c6742fcb162f3671b0a50d3

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67667

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/913d94b289e056107e521dbab8e79cc72a62a331

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59121

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030301

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59849

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/135

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3c53c4da7bcf300f519eaed5ad1751d24dd59f6b

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578610

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578611

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59732

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:053

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60729

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5c545da226b3c71ed9603c38ad2de88057778c1b

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59616

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052

Url: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/65ed69d96a101dfa99eea2cfe17e9e87b310084c

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0096

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html

Url: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0096

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-0096

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:7.0.54

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
Additional information:

Do you need more information?

Contact Us