Check Point Advisories

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

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1901
Date Published:	13 Oct 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 14 October, 2014
Source:	Redhat RHSA-2014-1298
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-3490
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
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

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

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.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

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