CVE-2011-1755
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 21, 2011 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsmacOSFedoraMac OS X Server
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.6.810.7.0 ≤ v < 10.7.2
Affected range stops below 10.6.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.6.810.7.0 ≤ v < 10.7.2
Affected range stops below 10.6.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.2.14
Affected range stops below 2.2.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061341.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061458.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061482.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44787
References (16)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://codex.xiaoka.com/svn/jabberd2/tags/jabberd-2.2.14/ChangeLogVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061341.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061458.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061482.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44787Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44957Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45112CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-776
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