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CVE-2014-6166

Published: Dec 18, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6166
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The Communications Enabled Applications (CEA) service in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.x before 8.0.0.10 and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4, and Feature Pack for CEA 1.x before 1.0.0.15, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.0 (including)8.0.0.0 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.1 (including)8.0.0.1 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.2 (including)8.0.0.2 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.3 (including)8.0.0.3 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.4 (including)8.0.0.4 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.5 (including)8.0.0.5 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.6 (including)8.0.0.6 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.7 (including)8.0.0.7 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.8 (including)8.0.0.8 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.0.0.9 (including)8.0.0.9 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.0.0 (including)8.5.0.0 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.0.1 (including)8.5.0.1 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.0.2 (including)8.5.0.2 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.5.0 (including)8.5.5.0 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.5.1 (including)8.5.5.1 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.5.2 (including)8.5.5.2 (including)
Websphere_application_serverIbm8.5.5.3 (including)8.5.5.3 (including)

References

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