A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an excessive amount of CPU.
Find out more about CVE-2013-4002 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
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/
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2013:1059 | 2013-07-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2013:1440 | 2013-10-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2013:1081 | 2013-07-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2014:1818 | 2014-11-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (xerces-j2) | RHSA-2014:1319 | 2014-09-29 |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3 | RHSA-2015:0269 | 2015-02-25 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server | RHSA-2014:1821 | 2014-11-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2013:1081 | 2013-07-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2013:1447 | 2013-10-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2013:1059 | 2013-07-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2013:1451 | 2013-10-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 | RHSA-2014:1823 | 2014-11-06 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2014:1822 | 2014-11-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2013:1060 | 2013-07-15 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2014:0414 | 2014-04-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2013:1060 | 2013-07-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2013:1505 | 2013-11-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (xerces-j2) | RHSA-2014:1319 | 2014-09-29 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2014:0414 | 2014-04-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2013:1440 | 2013-10-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2013:1505 | 2013-11-05 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | maven30-xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | xercesMnimal | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | xercesMnimal | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | Web Services | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 4 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xerces-j2 | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | jasperreports-server-pro | Will not fix |
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