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CVE-2011-1755

Published: 21 June 2011

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
jabberd2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy
Released (2.0s11-1ubuntu4.1)
lucid
Released (2.2.8-2ubuntu4.0.10.04.1)
maverick
Released (2.2.8-2ubuntu4.0.10.10.1)
natty
Released (2.2.8-2ubuntu4.1)
upstream
Released (2.2.8-2.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H