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High severity · published Jan 3, 2016
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Connections · Ibm
through 3.0.1.1; 4.0; 4.5; 5.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
CO
Connections
Ibm
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5038
www-01.ibm.com
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020
Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439
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