CVE - CVE-2011-2188

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-2188	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:48123 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110606 CVE Request -- LuaExpat -- Prone to XML "billion laughs attack" URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE Request -- LuaExpat -- Prone to XML "billion laughs attack" URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19 SECUNIA:44866 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44866 XF:luaexpat-xml-dos(67862) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110531	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110531)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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