CVE-2013-2160

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2160
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-19 23:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe streaming XML parser in Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted XML with a large number of (1) elements, (2) attributes, (3) nested constructs, and possibly other vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.4 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.5 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.6 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.7 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.8 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.5.9 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.0 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.1 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.2 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.3 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.4 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.5 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.6.6 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.7.1 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.7.2 All All All
Application Apache Cxf 2.7.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da3651... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cxf.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug 929197 – CVE-2013-2160 cxf, jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: Multiple denial of service flaws in the StAX parser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
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[WSTX-287] Add more settings for various size restrictions - jira.codehaus.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jira.codehaus.org Patch
[#WSTX-285] Add ability to restrict certain size limits of parsed XML - jira.codehaus.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jira.codehaus.org Patch
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