CVE-2014-6259 XML external entity in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Zenoss Core 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-2014-6259?
CVE-2014-6259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 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, aka ZEN-15414, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6259?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zenoss Zenoss Core.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6259?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6259 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-6259 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6259 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mw4p-pmw3-438r.