CVE-2014-1868

Summary

CVECVE-2014-1868
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-06 23:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionRestlet Framework 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.x.x before 2.2 RC1, when using XMLRepresentation or XML serializers, allows attackers to cause a denial of service via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.0 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.1 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.2 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.3 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.4 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.5 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.1.6 All All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.2 milestone1 All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.2 milestone2 All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.2 milestone3 All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.2 milestone4 All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework 2.2 milestone5 All All
Application Restlet Restlet Framework All milestone6 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
XEE security enhancements · restlet/restlet-framework-java Wiki · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Security Advisory SA56940 - Restlet Framework XML External Entity Processing Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983775 Java (maven) Security Update for org.restlet.jse:org.restlet (GHSA-73cq-fhp3-8rpw)

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