CVE-2013-6429

Description

The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 40.22% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory springsource.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755 third party advisory
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanel third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6429?
CVE-2013-6429 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6429?
To fix CVE-2013-6429, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-6429 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-6429 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~40% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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