CVE-2015-5038

EUVD-2015-5055
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 75%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
ibmconnections
𝑥
≤ 3.0.1.1
ibmconnections
4.0
ibmconnections
4.5
ibmconnections
5.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
References
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439