Description
Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7) WstxDriver drivers in XStream before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.
Remediation
References
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183180.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183208.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3575
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/25/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/28/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85381
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036419
http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.9
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/25
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