CVE-2018-9849: Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.1.x before 8.1R14, 8.2.x before 8.2R11, and 8.3.x before 8.3R5 do not properly process nested XML entities, which allows…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.00%

58.6th percentile

Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.1.x before 8.1R14, 8.2.x before 8.2R11, and 8.3.x before 8.3R5 do not properly process nested XML entities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and memory errors) via a crafted XML document.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
pulsesecure	pulse_connect_secure	>= 8.1 < 8.1r14	8.1r14
pulsesecure	pulse_connect_secure	>= 8.2 < 8.2r11	8.2r11
pulsesecure	pulse_connect_secure	>= 8.3 < 8.3r5	8.3r5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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