CVE-2014-6517

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-10-14
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
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