CVE-2011-2188

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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