{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0054","details":"The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 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.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:31:33.948031Z","published":"2014-04-17T14:55:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:58Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-0054"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0054"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.gopivotal.com/security/cve-2014-0054"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0054"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libspring-java","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libspring-java@3.0.6.RELEASE-13?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"}]}],"versions":["3.0.6.RELEASE-7","3.0.6.RELEASE-8","3.0.6.RELEASE-9","3.0.6.RELEASE-10","3.0.6.RELEASE-11","3.0.6.RELEASE-12"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13","binary_name":"libspring-aop-java"},{"binary_name":"libspring-beans-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-context-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-context-support-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-core-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-expression-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-instrument-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-jdbc-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-jms-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-orm-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-oxm-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-test-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13","binary_name":"libspring-transaction-java"},{"binary_name":"libspring-web-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-web-portlet-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-web-servlet-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"},{"binary_name":"libspring-web-struts-java","binary_version":"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0054.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}