CVE-2014-3579

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3579
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-27 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionXML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Apollo 1.x before 1.7.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML messages.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-611 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.0 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.1 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.2 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.3 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.4 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.5 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.6 All All All
Application Apache Activemq Apollo 1.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-3579-announcement.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 activemq.apache.org Vendor Advisory
oss-sec: [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2014-3579 - ActiveMQ Apollo vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[APLO-366] XPath selector - make xml parser features configurable - ASF JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Apache ActiveMQ Apollo CVE-2014-3579 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995535 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.activemq:apollo-project (GHSA-wmhw-hpwh-44pg)
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