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CVE-2011-1753 Details

Description

expat_erl.c in ejabberd before 2.1.7 and 3.x before 3.0.0-alpha-3, and exmpp before 0.9.7, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062099.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062145.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700454	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44765	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44807	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45120	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67769	CVE
https://git.process-one.net/ejabberd/mainline/commit/bd1df027c622e1f96f9eeaac612a6a956c1ff0b6	CVE	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2248	CVE
http://www.ejabberd.im/ejabberd-2.1.7	CVE	Patch
http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.7/	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48072	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062099.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062145.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700454	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44765	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44807	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45120	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67769	[email protected]
https://git.process-one.net/ejabberd/mainline/commit/bd1df027c622e1f96f9eeaac612a6a956c1ff0b6	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2248	[email protected]
http://www.ejabberd.im/ejabberd-2.1.7	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.7/	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48072	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
process-one ejabberd	<= 2.1.6 0.9 0.9.1 0.9.8 1.0.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.0:beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.1_2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:3.0.0:alpha1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:3.0.0:alpha2:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
process-one exmpp	<= 0.9.6 0.9.1 0.9.2 0.9.3 0.9.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:process-one:exmpp:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:process-one:exmpp:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:exmpp:0.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:exmpp:0.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:exmpp:0.9.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:process-one:exmpp:0.9.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 21, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]