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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy
CVE-2011-5245 · GHSA-g4jg-gpwv-p7wv
- Affected
- Maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider < 2.3.2
- Fixed in
- 2.3.2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.3.2 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.