Description
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.
Remediation
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-11376
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66148
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html