jabber jabberd2 up to 2.2.12 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in jabber jabberd2 up to 2.2.12. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-1755. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in jabber jabberd2 up to 2.2.12. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

jabberd2 before 2.2.14 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.

The weakness was disclosed 06/20/2011 by Jan Lieskovsky as Bug 700390 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1755. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55150 (Fedora 13 : jabberd-2.2.11-4.fc13 (2011-7818)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119638 (Apple Mac OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3)).

Upgrading to version 2.2.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67770), Tenable (55150), SecurityFocus (BID 48250†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31926†). The entry VDB-57749 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55150
Nessus Name: Fedora 13 : jabberd-2.2.11-4.fc13 (2011-7818)
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OpenVAS ID: 863276
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for jabberd FEDORA-2011-7801
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: jabberd2 2.2.13

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04/19/2011 🔍
06/01/2011 +43 days 🔍
06/13/2011 +12 days 🔍
06/16/2011 +3 days 🔍
06/20/2011 +4 days 🔍
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06/21/2011 +1 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1371 days 🔍
01/19/2025 +3590 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 700390
Researcher: Jan Lieskovsky
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1755 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1755
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57747
X-Force: 67770
SecurityFocus: 48250 - jabberd XML Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 44787
Vulnerability Center: 31926 - jabberd2 before 2.2.14 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via a Crafted XML Document, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/19/2025 03:05
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 03/24/2017 12:11 (9), 11/13/2021 10:34 (5), 11/13/2021 10:39 (1), 01/19/2025 03:05 (18)
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