VDB
RHSA-2011:1308
RHSA-2011:1308
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09, 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | JBoss Communications Platform 5.1 | |
| Red Hat | JBoss Communications Platform 1.2 |
Timeline
- Sep 15, 2011 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1308 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=securityPatches&product=communications.platform&version=1.2.11+GA advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=communications.platform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.1.1+GA advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692584 issue
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2011/rhsa-2011_1308.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1483 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1483 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1483 advisory