7.5
HIGH
CVE-2011-3288
Cisco Unified Presence Denial of Service XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability
Description

Cisco Unified Presence before 8.5(4) does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and process crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka Bug IDs CSCtq89842 and CSCtq88547, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 6, 2011, 10:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 15, 2024, 9 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-3288 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 Cisco unified_presence
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-2011-3288.

URL Resource
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b95d47.shtml Not Applicable
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-20110928-xcpcupsxml.html Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-3288 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b95d47.shtml Vendor Advisory http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b95d47.shtml Not Applicable
    Added Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-20110928-xcpcupsxml.html [Vendor Advisory]
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-399
    Added CWE NIST CWE-776
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:6.0\(7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(8\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:7.0\(9\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:8.5\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.5\(3\) OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_presence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.5\(4\)
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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-2011-3288 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.32 }} 0.22%

score

0.70780

percentile

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