Soap Lite up to 1.14 XML Entity Hendler resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Soap Lite up to 1.14. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component XML Entity Hendler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-8978. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Soap Lite up to 1.14. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component XML Entity Hendler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Soap Lite (aka the SOAP::Lite extension for Perl) 1.14 and earlier, an example attack consists of defining 10 or more XML entities, each defined as consisting of 10 of the previous entity, with the document consisting of a single instance of the largest entity, which expands to one billion copies of the first entity. The amount of computer memory used for handling an external SOAP call would likely exceed that available to the process parsing the XML.

The bug was discovered 11/22/2016. The weakness was presented 11/22/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cpansearch.perl.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8978 since 11/22/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95359 (Debian DLA-723-1 : libsoap-lite-perl security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169422 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for perl-SOAP-Lite (SUSE-SU-2016:3052-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95359) and SecurityFocus (BID 94487†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 95359
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-723-1 : libsoap-lite-perl security update
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cpansearch.perl.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93743

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SecurityFocus: 94487 - Perl Soap Lite Extension CVE-2015-8978 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/22/2016 22:06
Updated: 11/04/2024 12:41
Changes: 11/22/2016 22:06 (57), 06/07/2019 15:26 (15), 11/04/2024 12:41 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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