CVE-2008-0628 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0628

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Description: The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUNALERT http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1 ST 1019292 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA28746 Secunia Advisory: SA29841 Secunia Advisory: SA29858 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html MISC http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded BID 27553 BEA http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277

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