Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2014-0096

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Microsoft SQL Server Other Vulnerability (CVE-2003-0232)

PHP Other Vulnerability (CVE-2007-4889)

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Moodle Other Vulnerability (CVE-2007-3555)

Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2014-0096 CWE-264

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities