PT-2015-4493
CVE-2015-0132
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Published
2015-03-18
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Updated
2015-03-18
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation versions 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation versions 5.x before 5.0.2
IBM Rational Requirements Composer versions 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix5
IBM Rational Requirements Composer versions 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3
Description
The XML parser does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
Recommendations
For IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation versions 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3, update to version 4.0.7 iFix3 or later.
For IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation versions 5.x before 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later.
For IBM Rational Requirements Composer versions 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix5, update to version 3.0.1.6 iFix5 or later.
For IBM Rational Requirements Composer versions 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3, update to version 4.0.7 iFix3 or later.
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