CVE-2011-5245

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The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arb

The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.0095

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Affected Products & Versions

redhat resteasy<= 2.3.1

redhat resteasyall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxb-provider MODERATE fixed in 2.3.2

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD23 Nov 2012 · 08:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2014:0371Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:0372Important
rhsaRHSA-2012:1125Important
rhsaRHSA-2012:0519Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:1056Moderate
Show all 10 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2012:1058Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:0441Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:1057Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:0421Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:1059Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/47832Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50084Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/57716

http://secunia.com/advisories/57719

http://www.osvdb.org/78680

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51766

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72808

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647Patch

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY/fixforversion/12318708

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