CVE-2011-1755
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.5%
Description
jabberd2 before 2.2.14 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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1755
To remediate CVE-2011-1755, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/jabberd2—upgrade to 2.2.8-2.1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1755 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.2.8-2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |