CVE-2011-1755

Publication date 21 June 2011

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

jabberd2 before 2.2.14 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jabberd2 11.04 natty
Fixed 2.2.8-2ubuntu4.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.2.8-2ubuntu4.0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.2.8-2ubuntu4.0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.0s11-1ubuntu4.1
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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