CVE-2011-1483
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Find out more about CVE-2011-1483 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossas) | RHSA-2011:1309 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2011:1307 | 2011-09-15 |
| JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:1313 | 2011-09-15 |
| JBoss Communications Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:1308 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:1304 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1301 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1301 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1301 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2 | RHSA-2011:1310 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1303 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | RHSA-2011:1311 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossas) | RHSA-2011:1309 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2011:1312 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1303 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.2 | RHSA-2011:1305 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1306 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1303 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2011:1305 | 2011-09-15 |
| JBoss Communications Platform 1.2 | RHSA-2011:1308 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossws-common) | RHSA-2011:1306 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:1305 | 2011-09-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:1302 | 2011-09-15 |
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