CVE-2015-5038

IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before CR3 does not properly detect recursion during XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-01-03 05:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-5038

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-5038

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

connections

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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