CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-3579

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Oct 27, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

XML 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.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.1 (including) 1.1 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.2 (including) 1.2 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.3 (including) 1.3 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.4 (including) 1.4 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.5 (including) 1.5 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.6 (including) 1.6 (including)
Activemq_apollo Apache 1.7 (including) 1.7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References