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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0023 Detail

Description

The apr_strmatch_precompile function in strmatch/apr_strmatch.c in Apache APR-util before 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted input involving (1) a .htaccess file used with the Apache HTTP Server, (2) the SVNMasterURI directive in the mod_dav_svn module in the Apache HTTP Server, (3) the mod_apreq2 module for the Apache HTTP Server, or (4) an application that uses the libapreq2 library, which triggers a heap-based buffer underflow.


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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34724 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35284 Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35360 Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35360 Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35395 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35444 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35565 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35797 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35843 Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/37221 Third Party Advisory 
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-03.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-03.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.538210 Third Party Advisory 
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=779880 Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=779880 Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0144 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88341 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1812 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1107.html Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-786-1 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1907 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 Third Party Advisory 
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503928 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50964 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory 
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Third Party Advisory 
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10968 Third Party Advisory 
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01173.html Third Party Advisory 
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01201.html Third Party Advisory 
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01228.html Third Party Advisory 
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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0023
NVD Published Date:
06/07/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.