# CVE-2014-3490: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in RESTEasy

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2014-3490-incorrect-privilege-assignment-in-resteasy  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2014-3490 · Severity: info · Published 2022-05-14

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in RESTEasy

Technologies: [org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-jboss-resteasy-resteasy-client). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2014-3490 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2014-3490 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2014-3490?** Informational severity, published 14 May 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.3.1,fixed=2.3.8.SP2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2014-3490?** Yes. org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client (Maven): upgrade to 2.3.8.SP2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2014-3490?** Check whether you run org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client (Maven): upgrade to 2.3.8.SP2 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client to 2.3.8.SP2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.3.1,fixed=2.3.8.SP2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2014-3490
- GHSA-qjpq-5pq3-43rr

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