CVE-2011-1753

N/A Unknown
Published: June 21, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062099.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062145.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/44765
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44807
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45120
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2248
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ejabberd.im/ejabberd-2.1.7
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.7/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48072
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700454
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67769
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://git.process-one.net/ejabberd/mainline/commit/bd1df027c622e1f96f9eeaac612a6a956c1ff0b6
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062099.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062145.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/44765
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44807
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45120
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2248
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ejabberd.im/ejabberd-2.1.7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.7/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48072
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700454
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67769
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://git.process-one.net/ejabberd/mainline/commit/bd1df027c622e1f96f9eeaac612a6a956c1ff0b6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.1%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

process-one

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