CVE-2014-4814
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.0 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.1 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.2 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.3 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.4 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.5 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.0.6 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.5.0 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.5.1 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.5.2 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 6.1.5.3 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 7.0.0.0 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 7.0.0.1 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 7.0.0.2 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 8.0.0.0 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 8.0.0.1 | |
| ibm | websphere_portal | 8.5.0.0 | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59740
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI24622
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70758
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95391
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59740
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI24622
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70758
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95391
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.