CVE-2015-5038 Information

Description

IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3 4.0 before CR4 4.5 before CR5 and 5.0 before CR3 does not properly detect recursion during XML entity expansion which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5