ubuntu-cve-2014-0225
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-05-25 17:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
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.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-aop-java",
            "binary_version": "3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-beans-java",
            "binary_version": "3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-context-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-context-support-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-core-java",
            "binary_version": "3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-expression-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-instrument-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-jdbc-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-jms-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-orm-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-oxm-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-test-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-transaction-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-web-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-web-portlet-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-web-servlet-java",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libspring-web-struts-java",
            "binary_version": "3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libspring-java",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libspring-java@3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-7",
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-8",
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-9",
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-10",
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-11",
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-12",
        "3.0.6.RELEASE-13"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0225",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:26Z",
  "published": "2017-05-25T17:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0225"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0225"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4774-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4774-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-0225"
  ]
}



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