In Linaro Automated Validation Architecture (LAVA) before 2022.11, users with valid credentials can submit crafted XMLRPC requests that cause a recursive XML entity expansion, leading to excessive use of memory on the server and a Denial of Service.
The product uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursive definitions of entities.
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https://lists.lavasoftware.org/archives/list/lava-announce%40lists.lavasoftware.org/thread/WHXGQMIZAPW3GCQEXYHC32N2ZAAAIYCY/ | |
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5318 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00016.html | third party advisory mailing list |