It was discovered that the StAX XML parser in the JAXP component in OpenJDK performed expansion of external parameter entities even when external entity substitution was disabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attack against applications using the StAX parser to parse untrusted XML documents.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2014-10-16 22:15 | ALAS-2014-430 |
Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2014-10-16 22:16 | ALAS-2014-431 |
Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2014-10-16 22:16 | ALAS-2014-432 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |