CVE-2014-8875 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The XML_RPC_cd function in lib/pear/XML/RPC.php in Revive Adserver before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted XML-RPC request, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Published: 2014-12-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:revive-adserver:revive_adserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8705	The XML_RPC_cd function in lib/pear/XML/RPC.php in Revive Adserver before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted XML-RPC request, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00734.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129621/Revive-Adserver-3.0.5-Cross-Site-Scripting-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2014-002/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534264/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71721

History

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Subscriptions

Revive-adserver Revive Adserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-12-19T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:11.882Z

Reserved: 2014-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8875

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-19T15:59:13.580

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8875

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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