Vulnerability 13969 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CCN-13969

Published:

2003-10-11

Updated:

2003-10-11

Summary:

Multiple vendor XML/SOAP HTTP servers are vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted SOAP request that contains document type definitions (DTDs), a remote attacker could cause the server to consume 100% of the available CPU resources.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Dec 11 2003 - 11:58:17 CST
Multiple vendor SOAP server (XML parser) denial of service (DTD parameter entities)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 826231
Software update to prevent the processing of XML messages that contain DTDs for .NET Framework 1.1

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Web site
Web Services Denial of Service problem with XML Attributes

Source: CCN
Type: BID-9185
Multiple Vendor XML Parser SOAP Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: BID-9204
Multiple Vendor XML DTD Parameter Entity SOAP Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xml-soap-dtd-dos(13969)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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