CVE-2011-1755

HIGH

jabberd2 < 2.2.14 - DoS

Title source: llm

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)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67770

[Broken Link] http://codex.xiaoka.com/svn/jabberd2/tags/jabberd-2.2.14/ChangeLog

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/44957

[Broken Link, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/44787

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061341.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0881.html

[Broken Link] https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9197650

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390

[Mailing List] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061458.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0882.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48250

[Mailing List] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061482.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/45112

[Release Notes] http://www.mail-archive.com/jabberd2%40lists.xiaoka.com/msg01655.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0846

EPSS Percentile 92.4%

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