Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in JIRA, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Atlassian JIRA XML Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49146
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-17
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in JIRA, which can be exploited by
malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error related to
third-party XML parsers. No further information is currently
available.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.0.1.
SOLUTION:
Update or upgrade to version 5.0.1 or apply patch (please see the
vendor's advisory for details).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
JIRA:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-27719
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