Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-3720 (CCN-114122)

Assigned:2016-05-16
Published:2016-05-16
Updated:2019-10-10
Summary:XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in XmlMapper in the Data format extension for Jackson (aka jackson-dataformat-xml) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-3720

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2016-13b4cae9df

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1328427
(CVE-2016-3720) CVE-2016-3720 jackson-dataformat-xml: XmlMapper is vulnerable to XXE attack

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
jacksondataformatxml-cve20163720-info-disc(114122)

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6828455 (z/Transaction Processing Facility)
z/Transaction Processing Facility is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the jackson-databind, jackson-dataformat-xml, jackson-core, slf4j-ext, and cxf-core packages

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-3720

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformat-xml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.7.3)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201637200000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20163720000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201637200000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20163720000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201637200000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20163720000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201637200000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20163720000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3720 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-06-10
    BACK
    fedoraproject fedora 24
    fasterxml jackson-dataformat-xml *