UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0096

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0096

    Published: 31 May 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0096
    Aliases:
    USN-2302-1

    Summary:

    Details: java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0096, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2302-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0096

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat6

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    6.0.37-1
    6.0.39-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High