CVE-2013-6440

The (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set the expandEntityReferences property to true, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML DOCTYPE declaration.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-02-14

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Opensaml (Internet2)
• Opensaml (Shibboleth)

References

• http://blog.sendsafely.com/post/69590974866/web-based-single-sign-on-and-the-dangers-of-saml-xml
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html
• http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20131213.txt
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043332
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html