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CVE-2015-5038 Details

Description

IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before CR3 does not properly detect recursion during XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) 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:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020 CVE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020 [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ibm connections
<= 3.0.1.1
4.0
4.5
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5038
NVD Published Date:
Jan 3, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-5038 Details - Not Deferred