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Security Bulletin: Content Integrator- Apache Xerces-J XML parser Denial of Service attack (CVE-2013-4002)

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Summary

Apache Xerces-J XML parser (XML4J) shipped with IBM Content Integrator is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that can be triggered by malformed XML data

Vulnerability Details

DESCRIPTION:
The Apache Xerces-J XML parser is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, triggered by malformed XML data. The malformed data can cause the XML parser to consume CPU resource for several minutes before the data is eventually rejected.

CVEID: CVE-2013-4002
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85260 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Content Integration 8.6

Remediation/Fixes

Fix*

Interim Fix IDHow to acquire fix
Interim FixICI8602_IF0001www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

First Publish date : Jan,30, 2014

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21663380