CVE-2015-0254 (GCVE-0-2015-0254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:03
VLAI
Summary
Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) <x:parse> or (2) <x:transform> JSTL XML tag.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72809 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html x_refsource_MISC
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https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130575/Apach… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2015-02-27 00:00
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