Vigil@nce - Apache Flex BlazeDS: external XML entity injection
February 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can transmit malicious XML data to Apache Flex
BlazeDS, in order to read a file, scan sites, or trigger a denial
of service.
Impacted products: Adobe LiveCycle, Unix (platform) not
comprehensive, vCenter, VMware vSphere.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 21/12/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
XML data can contain external entities (DTD):
A program which reads these XML data can replace these entities by
data coming from the indicated file. When the program uses XML
data coming from an untrusted source, this behavior leads to:
– content disclosure from files of the server
– private web site scan
– a denial of service by opening a blocking file
This feature must be disabled to process XML data coming from an
untrusted source.
However, the Apache Flex BlazeDS parser allows external entities.
An attacker can therefore transmit malicious XML data to Apache
Flex BlazeDS, in order to read a file, scan sites, or trigger a
denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apache-Flex-BlazeDS-external-XML-entity-injection-18568