CVE-2011-2205

N/A Unknown
Published: June 22, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-8-1-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/5305a665bdd4
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/ee6a18f10a8d
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://prosody.im/doc/release/0.8.1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44852
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48125
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-8-1-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/5305a665bdd4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/ee6a18f10a8d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://prosody.im/doc/release/0.8.1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44852
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/14/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48125
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67884
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.1%
79th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

prosody