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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:26 a.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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-1483 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWS/?cs=13996
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1483 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1483 weaknesses.

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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