CVE-2015-0132

IBM Rational Requirements Composer DoS via XML Entity Expansion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The XML parser in IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 and 5.x before 5.0.2 and Rational Requirements Composer 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix5 and 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21698248

Scores

EPSS 0.0133
EPSS Percentile 68.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (34)
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.0
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.1
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.2
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.3
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.4
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.5
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.6
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 4.0.7
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 5.0
ibm/rational_doors_next_generation 5.0.1
... and 24 more
Published Mar 18, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026