CVE-2014-0096

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-05-31

Last modified

2026-10-14

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Tomcat (Apache)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010166
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67667
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59121
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59732
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59835
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59849
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030301
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59678
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:053
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.html
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59616
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/135