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SCA: security update for org.jboss.ws:jbossws-common (GHSA-rj4p-7mm6-gm9j)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418770

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - wsf/common/DOMUtils.java in JBossWS Native in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0.CP09,
 4.3, and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 4.3.CP06 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform
 4.2.CP05, 4.3.CP05, and 5.1.0; JBoss Communications Platform 1.2.11 and 5.1.1; JBoss Enterprise BRMS
 Platform 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1 does not properly handle recursion during entity
 expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a
 crafted request containing an XML document with a DOCTYPE declaration and a large number of nested entity
 references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564. (CVE-2011-1483)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rj4p-7mm6-gm9j

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418770

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1483

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1483

BID: 49654

cwe: CWE-400