Description
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users 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 (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95391
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70758
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI24622
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59740
Scores
EPSS
0.0160
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (17)
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.0
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.1
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.2
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.3
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.4
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.5
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.0.6
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.5.0
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.5.1
ibm/websphere_portal
6.1.5.2
... and 7 more
Published
Oct 28, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026