Description
expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, 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, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Published: 2011-06-21
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2248-1 ejabberd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1752 expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, 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, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
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Process-one Ejabberd Exmpp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.777Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1753

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-21T02:52:42.763

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1753

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