Check Point Advisories

Red Hat JBoss RESTEasy PARAMETER ENTITY XXE Information Disclosure (CVE-2014-3490)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1901
Date Published: 29 Oct 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Source: Redhat RHSA-2014-1298
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-3490
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75

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    Who is Vulnerable?
    Red Hat JBoss RESTEasy prior to 3.0.9

    Vulnerability Description An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Red Hat JBoss RESTEasy. This is due to an incorrectly configured XML parser accepting XML eXternal Entities (XXE) from the RESTEasy endpoint. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability on a web application powered by JBoss RESTEasy to disclose the contents of files via specially crafted XML documents.

    Protection Overview

    Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Red Hat JBoss RESTEasy PARAMETER ENTITY XXE Information Disclosure protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

    Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
    Attack Information:  Red Hat JBoss RESTEasy PARAMETER ENTITY XXE Information Disclosure

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