National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0628

Overview

The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28746

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28746

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1252

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0371

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019292

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080202 Sun JRE / JDK bug introduces XXE possibilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200806-11

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 231246

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30780

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

External Source: MISC

Name: http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html

Hyperlink:http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9847

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9847

External Source: BID

Name: 27553

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0245

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-20

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3621

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-28

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29858

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29858

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29841

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29841

External Source: BEA

Name: BEA08-201.00

Hyperlink:http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9847

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9847