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    CVE-2015-5038

    IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before CR3 does not properly detect recursion during XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

    Published:Jan 3, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jan 3, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00893
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Connections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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