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CVE-2009-3720 Detail

Description

The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/05/2010)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3720 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact in Python, a future update may address this flaw. If a system has PyXML installed, Python will use PyXML for expat-related functions and is then not vulnerable to the issue.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15&view=patch Exploit 
http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?view=log
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051228.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051247.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051367.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051405.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051442.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/expat-bugs/2009-January/002781.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130168502603566&w=2
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1990430&group_id=10127&atid=110127
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273630-1
http://svn.python.org/view?view=rev&revision=74429
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:211
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:212
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:215
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:217
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:218
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:220
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/21/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/27/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/28/3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0002.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0896.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023160
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-6
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0896
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3035
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3053
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3061
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280615
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531697
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r476d175be0aaf4a17680ef98c5153b4d336eaef76fb2224cc94c463a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f9c22f9c28adbd9f00556059edc7b03a5d5bb71d4bb80257c0d34e4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad2acee3ab838b52c04a0698b1728a9a43467bf365bd481c993c535d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb9c9f42dafa25d2f669dac2a536a03f2575bc5ec1be6f480618aee10%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7c64aeea604bf948467d9d1cab8ff23fa7d002be1964bcc275aae7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11019
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12719
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7112
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00370.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00413.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01274.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3720
NVD Published Date:
11/03/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.