vulnerability
IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2018-20843: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the XML parser
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2019-06-24 | 2019-11-05 | 2022-08-31 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2019-06-24
Added
2019-11-05
Modified
2022-08-31
Description
In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).
Solution(s)
ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph14974-for-7_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph14974-for-8_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph14974-for-8_5ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph14974-for-9_0
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