Description
Prosody before 0.8.1 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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-8-1-released/Patch
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/5305a665bdd4Patch
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/ee6a18f10a8dPatch
- http://prosody.im/doc/release/0.8.1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44852Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/14/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48125
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67884
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-8-1-released/Patch
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/5305a665bdd4Patch
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/ee6a18f10a8dPatch
- http://prosody.im/doc/release/0.8.1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44852Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/14/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48125
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67884
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 22, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified