Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2015-5038
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
EPSS Probability:1.45%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | connections | 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
1.452%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | IBM Corporation · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2015-06-24T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2016-01-03T02:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2015-12-07 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-06T06:32:31 |
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