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SCA: security update for org.codehaus.castor:castor (GHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2x)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416619

Description

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

 - The default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent
 attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document. (CVE-2014-3004)

Solution

Update the org.codehaus.castor:castor library and its related packages to version 1.3.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwwr-fjgh-cv2x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 416619

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3004

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3004

BID: 67676

cwe: CWE-611