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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 3, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-5038

CVE-2015-5038

Description

IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before CR3 does not properly detect recursion during XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Affected products

5
  • IBM/Connections5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.0.1.1
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <5.0 CR3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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