Description
jabberd2 before 2.2.14 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- Apple / mac_os_x10.6.8
- Apple / mac_os_x_server10.6.8
- fedoraproject / fedora13 – 13
- fedoraproject / fedora14 – 14
- fedoraproject / fedora15 – 15
- jabberd2 / jabberd22.2.14
References
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67770
- MISChttp://codex.xiaoka.com/svn/jabberd2/tags/jabberd-2.2.14/ChangeLog
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/44957
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/44787
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061341.html
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0881.html
- MISChttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9197650
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061458.html
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0882.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48250
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061482.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45112
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.mail-archive.com/jabberd2%40lists.xiaoka.com/msg01655.html