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TITLE:
RESTEasy JAXB XML Entity References Information Disclosure
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47832

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-31

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in RESTEasy, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing JAXB XML
data, which can be exploited to e.g. disclose contents of certain
local files by sending specially crafted XML data including external
entity references.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.3.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not process untrusted XML data.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a bug by Anuj Kathuria.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647

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