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CVE-2011-1754

Published: Jun 21, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 18.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

jabberd14 1.6.1.1 and earlier 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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

jabberd
oss-project
jabberd14On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2249
debian.org
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/j/jabberd14/jabberd14_1.6.1.1-5+squeeze1/changelog
packages.debian.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/44795
secunia.com
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