Vulnerability Details CVE-2011-2188
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.012
EPSS Ranking 77.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44866
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44866
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862
Products affected by CVE-2011-2188
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cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:*
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cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:matthewwild:luaexpat:1.0.2