The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4152 and CVE-2013-7315.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6429
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/15704
- https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11078?redirect=false
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g6hf-f9cq-q7w7