CVE-2013-6429
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6429
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanel
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.0.6.RELEASE-11 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.0.6.RELEASE-11 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.0.6.RELEASE-11 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.0.6.RELEASE-11 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.0.6.RELEASE-11 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-web | <3.2.5.RELEASE | 3.2.5.RELEASE |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pivotal_software | spring_framework | {"startIncluding":"3.0.0","endIncluding":"3.2.4"} | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.0.0 | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
- http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2013-6429
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530770/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64947
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
- https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11078?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:worklog-tabpanel
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6429
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/15704
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/2ae6a6a3415eebc57babcb9d3e5505887eda6d8
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/7387cb990e35b0f1b573faf29d4f9ae183d7a5e
- https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11078?redirect=false
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6429
CWEs
CWE-352 CWE-611
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.