01 Record
CVE-2008-0628
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-02-06 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e3b8f9af43ffad065fdf9460530a61d44909a97e169746194b441efd30278bd8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com29841http://secunia.com/advisories/29841
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0245http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html
- www.securityfocus.com27553http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9847https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9847
- dev2dev.bea.comBEA08-201.00http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277
- www.securityfocus.com20080202 Sun JRE / JDK bug introduces XXE possibilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-28http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- secunia.com28746http://secunia.com/advisories/28746
- securityreason.com3621http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621
- secunia.com29858http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- scary.beasts.orghttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1252http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252
- secunia.com30780http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0371http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371
- sunsolve.sun.com231246http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-20http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200806-11http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- www.securitytracker.com1019292http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292