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Overview

org.mozilla:rhino is a Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. It is typically embedded into Java applications to provide scripting to end users.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. The function toXml allows usage of external entities when parsing an XML document.

Details

XXE Injection is a type of attack against an application that parses XML input. XML is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. By default, many XML processors allow specification of an external entity, a URI that is dereferenced and evaluated during XML processing. When an XML document is being parsed, the parser can make a request and include the content at the specified URI inside of the XML document.

Attacks can include disclosing local files, which may contain sensitive data such as passwords or private user data, using file: schemes or relative paths in the system identifier.

For example, below is a sample XML document, containing an XML element- username.

<xml>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
   <username>John</username>
</xml>

An external XML entity - xxe, is defined using a system identifier and present within a DOCTYPE header. These entities can access local or remote content. For example the below code contains an external XML entity that would fetch the content of /etc/passwd and display it to the user rendered by username.

<xml>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE foo [
   <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd" >]>
   <username>&xxe;</username>
</xml>

Other XXE Injection attacks can access local resources that may not stop returning data, possibly impacting application availability and leading to Denial of Service.

Remediation

Upgrade org.mozilla:rhino to version 1.7.12 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Issue
• GitHub Vulnerable Code

Overview

com.h2database:h2 is a database engine

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). It provides a web console for managing the database, and by default it does not have a password set. The CREATE ALIAS function calls Java code, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary Java code on projects running the h2 database.

NOTE: To be remotely exploitable, the affected application must be configured with the non-default setting webAllowOthers=true, either in a config file or as a parameter passed in when the servlet is invoked. The vulnerability can be avoided by setting a password on the database and/or restricting access to localhost using the above setting.

PoC

CREATE ALIAS REVERSE AS $$ String reverse(String s) { return new StringBuilder(s).reverse().toString(); } $$;
CALL REVERSE('Test');

Remediation

There is no fixed version for com.h2database:h2.

References

• Datomic Blog
• Datomic Security Advisory
• Exploit DB
• GitHub Issue
• Matheus Bernardes' Blog