Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-1756 (CCN-67773)

Assigned:2011-06-01
Published:2011-06-01
Updated:2011-10-26
Summary:modules/xmpp/serv_xmpp.c in Citadel 7.86 and earlier 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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
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): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-399
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://code.citadel.org/cgit.cgi/git.citadel.org/commit/?id=27c991cc2059f5530d3d4e9689dc976b745f5b0c

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://code.citadel.org/cgit.cgi/git.citadel.org/commit/?id=95040add546a705cc2d1d8f16293141f9f9845a6

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2011-1756

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/citadel/citadel_7.37-8+lenny1/changelog

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/citadel/citadel_7.83-2squeeze2/changelog

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
44788

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/c/citadel/citadel_7.83-2squeeze2.diff.gz

Source: CCN
Type: Citadel Web site
Citadel

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-2250

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2250
citadel -- denial of service

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
48071

Source: CCN
Type: BID-48071
Citadel XML Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
citadel-xml-entity-dos(67773)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:7.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:citadel:citadel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 7.86)

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12869
    P
    DSA-2250-1 citadel -- denial of service
    2014-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201117560000000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2011-06-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201117560000000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2011-06-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20111756000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2011-06-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20111756000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2011-06-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20111756000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2011-06-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20111756000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2011-06-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20111756000
    V
    CVE-2011-1756 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2011-06-20
    BACK
    citadel citadel 7.11
    citadel citadel 7.50
    citadel citadel 7.60
    citadel citadel 7.80
    citadel citadel 7.81
    citadel citadel 7.82
    citadel citadel 7.84
    citadel citadel *