CVE-2013-6440

medium

Description

The (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set the expandEntityReferences property to true, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML DOCTYPE declaration.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043332

http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20131213.txt

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html

http://blog.sendsafely.com/post/69590974866/web-based-single-sign-on-and-the-dangers-of-saml-xml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-02-14

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium