VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-6259
Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.59%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 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, aka ZEN-15414, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.59% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- zenoss/zenoss core
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/449452Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dHAc4PxUbs-4Dxzm1wSCE0sMz5UCMY6SW3PlMHSyuuQ/edit?usp=sharingVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/449452Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dHAc4PxUbs-4Dxzm1wSCE0sMz5UCMY6SW3PlMHSyuuQ/edit?usp=sharingVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.