CVE-2011-3287 XML external entity in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted XML documents exploiting entity expansion recursion in Cisco Jabber XCP.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2011-3287?

CVE-2011-3287 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Oct 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (aka Jabber XCP) 2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.0.27581 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1.27561 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and process crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka Bug ID CSCtq78106, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3287?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Jabber Extensible Communications Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-3287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m277-38hj-98fr.

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