CVE-2011-1755

HIGH

jabberd2 < 2.2.14 - Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67770
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44957
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44787
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0881.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9197650
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0882.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48250
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/45112
Release Notes mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.mail-archive.com/jabberd2%40lists.xiaoka.com/msg01655.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0366
EPSS Percentile 88.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-776
Status published
Products (6)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.6.8
apple/mac_os_x_server < 10.6.8
fedoraproject/fedora 13
fedoraproject/fedora 14
fedoraproject/fedora 15
jabberd2/jabberd2 < 2.2.14
Published Jun 21, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026