bugtraq - CVE-2015-5255: SSRF vulnerability in Apache Flex BlazeDS 4.7.1

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:17:09 +0100
From: "Christofer Dutz" <cdutz@...che.org>
To: dev@...x.apache.org, "users@...x.apache.org" <users@...x.apache.org>,
  security@...che.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
  bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: CVE-2015-5255: SSRF vulnerability in Apache Flex BlazeDS 4.7.1 

CVE-2015-5255: SSRF vulnerability in Apache Flex BlazeDS 4.7.1
Severity: Important
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected: BlazeDS 4.7.0 and 4.7.1
Description: The code in BlazeDS to deserialize AMF XML datatypes allows
so-called SSRF Attacks
(Server Side Request Forgery) in which the server could contact a remote
service on
behalf of the attacker. The attacker could hereby circumvent firewall
restrictions.
Mitigation: 4.7.x users should upgrade to 4.7.2
Example: For XML object containing the following string representation:

<!DOCTYPE foo PUBLIC "-//VSR//PENTEST//EN"
"http://protected-server/protected-service"><foo>Some content</foo>
The server could access the url:
http://protected-server/protected-service

Even if directly accessing this resource is prevented by firewall rules.

Credit: This issue was discovered by James Kettle of PortSwigger Ltd.
References:
http://www.vsecurity.com/download/papers/XMLDTDEntityAttacks.pdf

Christofer Dutz