CVE-2011-2205
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CVE-2011-2205 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Prosody | Prosody | <= 0.8.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.1.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.2.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.3.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.4.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.4.1 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.4.2 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.5.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.5.1 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.5.2 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.6 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.6.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.6.1 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.7 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.7.0 |
| Prosody | Prosody | 0.8 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44852Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44852Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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