CVE-2014-4814

Low

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users 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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIbm Websphere Portal
PublishedOct 28, 2014
First seenOct 28, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ibm websphere_portal6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.3, 6.1.0.4, 6.1.0.5, 6.1.0.6, 6.1.5.0, 6.1.5.1, 6.1.5.2, 6.1.5.3, 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.5.0.0—

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