CVE-2011-2188 | BDVDB-2026-46455 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44866
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.