PT-2004-2483 · Apache · Xerces-C++

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1575

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xerces-C++ version 2.5.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by including malicious XML attributes in a crafted XML document.

Recommendations For Xerces-C++ version 2.5.0, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of external XML documents to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1575

Affected Products

Xerces-C++

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11312 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1575 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12715 · Patch
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109674050017645&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17575 · Note