CVE-2011-2205
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2205
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-2205.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-2205
- Downstream
- Published
- 2011-06-22T21:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:41:49.127125Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Prosody before 0.8.1 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
- References
-
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44852
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-8-1-released/
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/5305a665bdd4
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.8/rev/ee6a18f10a8d
- http://prosody.im/doc/release/0.8.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/14/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48125
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67884