CVE-2012-2926

Description

Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

9.1

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 68.56% Top 5%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75682	third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/49146	third party advisory not applicable
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17	patch vendor advisory
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17	patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/81993	vdb entry broken link
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53595	third party advisory vdb entry
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17	patch vendor advisory
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75697	third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2926?: CVE-2012-2926 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2926?: To fix CVE-2012-2926, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2926 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-2926 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~69% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.