CVE-2011-1483
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (19)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat jboss communications platform= 1.2.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_communications_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss communications platform= 5.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_communications_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform= 4.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform= 4.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform= 5.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise brms platform= 5.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_brms_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise portal platform= 4.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise portal platform= 5.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise soa platform= 4.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise soa platform= 4.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise soa platform= 5.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat jboss enterprise web platform= 5.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-rj4p-7mm6-gm9jJBossWS vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
DOMUtils.java in org.jboss.ws:jbossws-common does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWS/?cs=13996enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584enisa_euvd
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583enisa_euvd
- http://source.jboss.org/changelog/JBossWS/?cs=13996Patchnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584nvd
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03824583nvd
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