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    CVE-2013-2160

    The 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.

    Published:Jun 26, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 19, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.203
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Cxf
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Fuse Esb Enterprise
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26710

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285
    http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197
    https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.asc
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285
    http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197
    https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.asc
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High