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libspring-java — security advisory
When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.
- Products
- libspring-java
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.0.6.RELEASE-14
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-0225
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0225
libspring-java
Fixed versions: 3.0.6.RELEASE-14
libspring-java
Fixed versions: 3.0.6.RELEASE-14
libspring-java
Fixed versions: 3.0.6.RELEASE-14
Complete source record
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