CVE-2009-2473 | Date: (C)2009-08-21 (M)2024-05-24 |
neon before 0.28.6, when expat is used, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent 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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 4.3 |
Exploit Score: 8.6 |
Impact Score: 2.9 |
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CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Access Vector: NETWORK |
Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
Authentication: NONE |
Confidentiality: NONE |
Integrity: NONE |
Availability: PARTIAL |
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