IBM Connections CVE-2015-7461 XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:103486

Info

IBM Connections CVE-2015-7461 XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 103486
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2015-7461
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 14 2016 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 14 2016 12:00AM
Credit: IBM
Vulnerable: IBM Connections 2.0.1 0
IBM Connections 5.0
IBM Connections 4.5
IBM Connections 4.0
IBM Connections 3.0.1.1
IBM Connections 3.0.1.0
IBM Connections 2.5.0.3
IBM Connections 2.5.0.2
IBM Connections 2.5.0.1
IBM Connections 2.5.0.0
IBM Connections 2.0.1.1
IBM Connections 2.0.0.0
IBM Connections 1.0.2.0
Not Vulnerable: IBM Connections 5.0 CR4
IBM Connections 4.5 CR5
IBM Connections 4.0 CR4
IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 CR3

Discussion

IBM Connections CVE-2015-7461 XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

IBM Connections is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to consume memory resources and cause a denial-of-service condition.

IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 and earlier, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

IBM Connections CVE-2015-7461 XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

IBM Connections CVE-2015-7461 XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

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