CVE-2008-0628 Information

Description

The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the \external general entities\ property is false which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.

Reference

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28746 http://secunia.com/advisories/29841 http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9847