CVE-2014-6517

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-10-14

Description

It was discovered that the StAX XML parser in the JAXP component in OpenJDK performed expansion of external parameter entities even when external entity substitution was disabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attack against applications using the StAX parser to parse untrusted XML documents.

See more information about CVE-2014-6517 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1634	2014-10-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1633	2014-10-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1634	2014-10-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1620	2014-10-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1636	2014-10-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1634	2014-10-14
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-1620	2014-10-15

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