CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-8040

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Sep 09, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In Single Sign-On for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4 and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3, an XXE (XML External Entity) attack was discovered in the Single Sign-On service dashboard. Privileged users can in some cases upload malformed XML leading to exposure of data on the Single Sign-On service broker file system.

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
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.3.0 (including) 1.3.0 (including)
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.3.2 (including) 1.3.2 (including)
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.3.3 (including) 1.3.3 (including)
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.4.0 (including) 1.4.0 (including)
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.4.1 (including) 1.4.1 (including)
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.4.2 (including) 1.4.2 (including)
Single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry Vmware 1.4.3 (including) 1.4.3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References