Security Bulletin: CVE-2009-2625 CVE-2012-0881 CVE-2013-4002 CVE-2014-0107 Multiple Xml handling Issues in xerces and xalan

Summary

CVE-2009-2625 CVE-2012-0881 CVE-2013-4002 CVE-2014-0107 Multiple Xml handling Issues in xerces and xalan

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2009-2625
**DESCRIPTION:**Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in Apache Xerces2 Java. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted XML input, to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and hang.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53082 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2012-0881
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Xerces2 Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the XML service. By sending a specially crafted message to an XML service, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume available CPU resources from the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2013-4002
**DESCRIPTION:**A denial of service vulnerability in the Apache Xerces-J parser used by IBM Java could result in a complete availability impact on the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85260 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVEID:CVE-2014-0107
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Xalan-Java could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of output properties. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the secure processing feature to load arbitrary restricted classes.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92023 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Update to latest release of UCD

Workarounds and Mitigations

None