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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2014-0225)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4774-1 advisory.

    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 Muoz 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Security fix for CVE-2014-0225

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
414408	SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-webmvc (GHSA-f93f-g33r-8pcp)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
414408	SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-webmvc (GHSA-f93f-g33r-8pcp)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
183546	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Spring Framework vulnerabilities (USN-4774-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
83317	Fedora 20 : springframework-3.1.4-3.fc20 (2015-6862)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2014-0225

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

critical

high