CVE-2014-0225 (Medium) detected in spring-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar

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CVE-2014-0225 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar

Spring Web

Library home page: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-web/3.2.4.RELEASE/spring-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - spring-webmvc-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar (Root Library) - :x: **spring-web-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c42e663814e4b88294ff90339ad577ca1afcf531

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2017-05-25

URL: CVE-2014-0225

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.6)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0225

Release Date: 2017-05-25

Fix Resolution (org.springframework:spring-web): 3.2.9.RELEASE

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework:spring-webmvc): 3.2.9.RELEASE

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