CVE-2011-2205

Prosody before 0.8.1 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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-8-1-released/	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44852	Vendor Advisory
http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/5305a665bdd4	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48125
http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/ee6a18f10a8d	Patch
http://prosody.im/doc/release/0.8.1	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/14/6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67884

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody::::::::

Information

Published : 2011-06-22 14:55

Updated : 2017-08-28 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2011-2205

Mitre link : CVE-2011-2205

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

prosody

prosody

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