PT-2017-13736 · Restlet · Restlet Framework

Man Yue Mo · Published 2017-11-30 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2017-14868

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Restlet Framework versions prior to 2.3.11

Description The issue allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via an XXE attack in a REST API HTTP request, specifically when using SimpleXMLProvider with the Jax-rs extension.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.11, update to version 2.3.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the SimpleXMLProvider until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive files and directories to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14868

GHSA-2MP8-QVQM-3XWQ

Affected Products

Restlet Framework

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14868 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14868 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2mp8-qvqm-3xwq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/wiki/XEE-security-enhancements · Note
• https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/1286 · Note
• https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mp8-qvqm-3xwq · Note
• https://lgtm.com/blog/restlet_CVE-2017-14868 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14868 · Note