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Oracle WebLogic: CVE-2018-20843 : Critical Patch Update

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Oracle WebLogic: CVE-2018-20843 : Critical Patch Update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/24/2019
Created
03/01/2022
Added
02/28/2022
Modified
02/28/2022

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)

  • oracle-weblogic-oct-2021-cpu-12_2_1_3_0
  • oracle-weblogic-oct-2021-cpu-12_2_1_4_0

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