It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External Entities (XXEs) in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive information.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat7 | 2015-05-14 14:38 | ALAS-2015-526 |
Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2015-05-14 14:40 | ALAS-2015-527 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |