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CVE-2014-6259

Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and…

Impact

Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 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, aka ZEN-15414, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ZenossZenoss Core
through 5.0.0
Versions 2.4.0, 2.4.5, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2

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