{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3243","details":"SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:09Z","published":"2014-05-12T14:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-3243"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3243"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3243"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-soappy","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-soappy@0.12.0-4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.12.0-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.12.0-4","binary_name":"python-soappy"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3243.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}