CVE-2013-4002

CVE Details

Release Date:

2013-10-15

Description

A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an excessive amount of CPU.

See more information about CVE-2013-4002 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-1505	2013-11-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-1447	2013-10-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-1505	2013-11-05
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-1451	2013-10-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (xerces-j2)	ELSA-2014-1319	2014-09-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (xerces-j2)	ELSA-2014-1319	2014-09-29

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