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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.1316 Security Bulletin: IBM Docs fixes for vulnerabilities in Open Source libxml2 (CVE-2014-0191) 5 August 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Docs Publisher: IBM Operating System: Linux variants Windows Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-0191 Reference: ESB-2014.1173 ESB-2014.1156 ESB-2014.0767 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679852 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: IBM Docs fixes for vulnerabilities in Open Source libxml2 (CVE-2014-0191) Document information More support for: IBM Docs Software version: 1.0.5 Operating system(s): Linux, Windows Reference #: 1679852 Modified date: 2014-07-29 Security Bulletin Summary Libxml2 used by IBM Docs is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the expansion of internal entities. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted XML document containing malicious attributes to consume all available CPU resources. Vulnerability Details CVE ID: CVE-2014-0191 DESCRIPTION: Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the expansion of internal entities. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted XML document containing malicious attributes to consume all available CPU resources. CVSS Base Score: 5 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93092 for more information CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Affected Products and Versions IBM Docs 1.0.5 - all other versions are not effected. Remediation/Fixes Upgrade to IBM Docs 1.0.6 to fix the problem. Workarounds and Mitigations No References Complete CVSS Guide On-line Calculator V2 CVE-2014-0191 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog *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. Disclaimer According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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