CVE-2014-6303

Description

The Monitoring Administration pages in PNMsoft Sequence Kinetics before 7.7 do not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.47%
Vendor Advisory pnmsoft.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://licensing.pnmsoft.com/documents/Security%20Bulletins/Security%20Bulletin%202014-1.htm vendor advisory
http://twitter.com/d_gianni/statuses/562628862648270849/photo/1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-6303?
CVE-2014-6303 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-6303?
To fix CVE-2014-6303, 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-2014-6303 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-6303 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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