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CVE-2009-1955 Detail

Description

The expat XML parser in the apr_xml_* interface in xml/apr_xml.c in Apache APR-util before 1.3.7, as used in the mod_dav and mod_dav_svn modules in the Apache HTTP Server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, as demonstrated by a PROPFIND request, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=apr-dev&m=124396021826125&w=2 Mailing List  Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2 Mailing List 
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 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 Broken Link 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781403 Patch 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0123 Broken Link 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88342 Broken Link 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK91241 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK99478 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1812 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:131 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/4 Mailing List 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1107.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1108.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506053/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35253 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-786-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1907 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r476d175be0aaf4a17680ef98c5153b4d336eaef76fb2224cc94c463a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7c64aeea604bf948467d9d1cab8ff23fa7d002be1964bcc275aae7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10270 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12473 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8842 Exploit  VDB Entry 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01173.html Mailing List 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01201.html Mailing List 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01228.html Mailing List 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1955
NVD Published Date:
06/07/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2024
Source:
MITRE