Upstream information
Description
expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, 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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Manager Proxy 1.2 | jabberd | Released |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 | jabberd | Released |
| SUSE Manager Server 1.2 | jabberd | Released |
| SUSE Manager Server 1.7 | jabberd | Released |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SUSE Manager 1.7 | jabberd | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:21:36 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:34:26 2024