CVE-2013-4002

Severity

6.5

Description

XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 as well as Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, JRockit R28.2.8 and earlier, JRockit R27.7.6 and earlier, Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XML attribute names.

Mitigation

We recommend upgrading to a version of this component that is not vulnerable to this specific issue.

Related links:

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-4002

https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xerces-j-dev/201410.mbox/%3COF3B40F5F7.E6552A8B-ON85257D73.00699ED7-85257D73.006A999B@ca.ibm.com%3E

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019176

Project

Category

n/a

Tags

data

Date Disclosed

2013-07-23

Date Discovered

2013-06-07

Apache TomEE 1.6.x

First release:

2013-11-17

CVEs:

108

Support Lifecycle:

Namespace:

javax

1.6.0 1.6.0.1 1.6.0.2

Apache TomEE 1.5.x

First release:

2012-09-28

CVEs:

119

Support Lifecycle:

Namespace:

javax

1.5.0 1.5.1 1.5.2

Apache TomEE 1.0.x

First release:

2012-04-27

CVEs:

130

Support Lifecycle:

Namespace:

javax

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