CVE-2013-6440 (GCVE-0-2013-6440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-14 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:39
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Summary
The (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set the expandEntityReferences property to true, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML DOCTYPE declaration.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2013-12-13 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-01-28T22:55:14+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2013-6440",
      "id": "CVE-2013-6440",
      "initial_release_date": "2013-12-11T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "280",
      "product_status:known_affected": "3",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "2",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "Java: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in ParserPool and Decrypter",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2013/cve-2013-6440.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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