CVE-2013-4002
OpenJDK: XML parsing Denial of Service (JAXP, 8017298)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · October 15, 2013
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
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.
Statement
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/
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation