CVE-2008-0628
N/A
Published: February 6, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorJREJDK
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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 remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (18)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28746Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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