CVE-2014-3004
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Castor
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Castor Library - XML External Entity Information Disclosure
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.codehaus.castor:castor | <1.3.3 | 1.3.3 |
| Maven | castor:castor | <=1.0 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00043.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126854/Castor-Library-XXE-Disclosure.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59427
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67676
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvm56811
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3004
- https://github.com/castor-data-binding/castor
CWEs
CWE-611
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.