CVE-2014-6303 XML external entity in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in PNMsoft Sequence Kinetics via crafted XML documents exploiting recursive entity expansion.
- 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-2014-6303?
CVE-2014-6303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Monitoring Administration pages in PNMsoft Sequence Kinetics before 7.7 do not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6303?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pnmsoft Sequence Kinetics.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6303?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6303 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-6303 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6303 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfr3-2vw7-gq74.