Explain CVE-2015-0254
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'USN-2551-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2551-1'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2016:1376', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2016:1841', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1841.html'}, {'name': '[tomcat-taglibs-user] 20150227 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-0254 XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-taglibs-user/201502.mbox/%3C82207A16-6348-4DEE-877E-F7B87292576A%40apache.org%3E'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2016:1838', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1838.html'}, {'name': '20150227 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-0254 XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534772/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2015:1695', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1695.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2016:1839', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1839.html'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2015:1751', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00033.html'}, {'name': '72809', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72809'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2016:1840', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1840.html'}, {'name': '1034934', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034934'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [27/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a20e48acb2a40be5130df91cf9d39d8ad93181989413d4abcaa4914%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [26/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [27/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc2bfd99c340dafd501676693cd889c1f9f838b97bdd0776a8f5557d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [31/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html'}, {'name': '[portals-pluto-dev] 20210714 [jira] [Closed] (PLUTO-792) Upgrade to taglibs-standard-impl-1.2.3 due to CVE-2015-0254', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc1686f6196bb9063bf26577a21b8033c19c1a30e5a9159869c8f3d38%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[portals-pluto-scm] 20210714 [portals-pluto] branch master updated: PLUTO-792 Upgrade to taglibs-standard-impl-1.2.3 due to CVE-2015-0254', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1179e6971bc46f0f68879a9a10cc97ad4424451b0889aeef04c8077%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[portals-pluto-dev] 20210714 [jira] [Created] (PLUTO-792) Upgrade to taglibs-standard-impl-1.2.3 due to CVE-2015-0254', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c93d8ade3788dbc00f5a37238bc278e7d859f2446b885460783a16f%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130575/Apache-Standard-Taglibs-1.2.1-XXE-Remote-Command-Execution.html'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED