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CVE-2008-0628

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.

Published

2008-02-06T21:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

7.8

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sun	jdk	1.6	Yes
Application	sun	jre	≤ 1.6.0	Yes

References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277 ([email protected])
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28746 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9847 ([email protected])
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28746 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9847 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)