CVE-2011-2188

Publication date 21 June 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

LuaExpat before 1.2.0 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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lua-expat	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

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References

MITRE
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Launchpad
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Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2188