CVE-2014-0119

Published: May 31, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-264

4.3MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.54, and 8.x before 8.0.6 does not properly constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, or (2) read files associated with different web applications on a single Tomcat instance via a crafted web application.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

OSS Libraries

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina

OSS Libraries

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper

OSS Libraries

apache

oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd

tomcatOn-premWeb App

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

Apache Software Foundation

oss-project·USaka apache foundation

TomcatOn-premWeb App

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

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Exploitability

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References

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1590036

svn.apache.org

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html

advisories.mageia.org

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1589837

svn.apache.org

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