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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-2188
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 does not properly detect recursion during entity...
Vulnerability Description
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48123
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711027
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/19
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629225
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67862
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44866
Affected Vendor
matthewwild
View all reports →Affected Software
luaexpat
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 21st, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.