CVE-2014-4834 XML external entity in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in IBM WebSphere Commerce via crafted XML documents exploiting entity expansion recursion.

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-2014-4834?

CVE-2014-4834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Commerce 6.x through 6.0.0.11 and 7.x through 7.0.0.8 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4834?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Commerce.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-4834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mrch-jfhc-g63x.

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