CVE-2014-0225

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.

TuxCare rebuilt 6 org.springframework packages to address 25 CVEs. Fixed in 4.0.0.RELEASE-tuxcare.1.

TuxCare rebuilt 7 org.springframework packages to address 29 CVEs. Fixed in 3.1.1.RELEASE-tuxcare.1.

TuxCare rebuilt 6 org.springframework packages to address 11 CVEs. Fixed in 3.0.5.RELEASE-tuxcare.8.

Updated springframework packages fix security vulnerabilities:

When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. By observing differences in response times, an attacker could then identify valid IP addresses on the internal network with functioning web servers (CVE-2014-0225).

Root has patched CVE-2014-0225 in the org.springframework:spring-webmvc package for Root:Maven. Multiple fixed versions available.

Toshiaki Maki discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain XML files. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3192)

Alvaro Muñoz discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a reflected file download. (CVE-2015-5211)

It was discovered that Spring Framework did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, resulting in a directory traversal attack (CVE-2016-9878)

It was discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled XML documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to generate an XML external entity attack, resulting in a denial of service, disclosure of information or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-0225)

It was discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, resulting in a directory traversal attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3625, CVE-2014-3578)