5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-1483
JBoss XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service
Description

wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

INFO

Published Date :

July 29, 2013, 1:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:02 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1483 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform
2 Redhat jboss_enterprise_brms_platform
3 Redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform
4 Redhat jboss_enterprise_portal_platform
5 Redhat jboss_communications_platform
6 Redhat jboss_enterprise_web_platform
1 Hp network_node_manager_i
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-1483.

URL Resource
http://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWS/?cs=13996 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583

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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.10 }} 0.00%

score

0.82159

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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