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OpenJDK: XML parsing Denial of Service (JAXP, 8017298)

Published Jul 23, 2013

Description

XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 as well as Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, JRockit R28.2.8 and earlier, JRockit R27.7.6 and earlier, Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XML attribute names.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Fuse ESB Enterprise is now in Maintenance Support phase receiving only qualified Important and Critical impact security fixes. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Fuse Product Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/fusesource/ Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Server 4 and 5; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5; Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 and 5; and Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1 are now in Phase 3, Extended Life Support, of their respective life cycles. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat JBoss Middleware and Red Hat JBoss Operations Network Product Update and Support Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes/

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner ibm
Published Jul 23, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 7, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Oct 15, 2013
GHSA-7J4H-8WPF-RQFH