CVE-2014-2683

Description

Zend Framework 1 (ZF1) before 1.12.4, Zend Framework 2 before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.6, ZendOpenId, ZendRest, ZendService_AudioScrobbler, ZendService_Nirvanix, ZendService_SlideShare, ZendService_Technorati, and ZendService_WindowsAzure before 2.0.2, ZendService_Amazon before 2.0.3, and ZendService_Api before 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) recursive or (2) circular references in an XML entity definition in an XML DOCTYPE declaration, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-6532.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.97% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory zend.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/0 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:072 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0151.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66358 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3265 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2014-01 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2683?
CVE-2014-2683 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2683?
To fix CVE-2014-2683, 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-2014-2683 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2683 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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