CVE-2014-3004

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3004
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-11 14:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration for the Xerces SAX Parser in Castor before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-611 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Castor Project Castor 1.3 All All All
Application Castor Project Castor 1.3.1 All All All
Application Castor Project Castor All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Opensuse 12.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA59427 - SUSE update for castor - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Cisco Bug: CSCvm56811 - Evaluation of Cisco WebEx Meetings Server Castor XML Processing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
Castor Library CVE-2014-3004 XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link
openSUSE-SU-2014:0822-1: moderate: castor: Prevent XXE attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-3004 - Castor Library Default Config could lead to XML External Entity (XXE) Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Castor Library XXE Disclosure ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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