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CVE-2013-6438 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

The dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 does not properly remove whitespace characters from CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV WRITE request.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0135.html	Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html	Broken Link
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html	Broken Link Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-12.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES	Vendor Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c	Vendor Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c?r1=1528718&r2=1556428&diff_format=h	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669554	Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676091	Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676092	Third Party Advisory
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.9	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66303	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2152-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html	Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_input_validation_vulnerabilities_in1	Third Party Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%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/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%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/r83109088737656fa6307bd99ab40f8ff0269ae58d3f7272d7048494a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9821b0a32a1d0a1b4947abb6f3630053fcbb2ec905d9a32c2bd4d4ee%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/ra7f6aeb28661fbf826969526585f16856abc4615877875f9d3b35ef4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%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/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%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://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6438	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT204659	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information	NIST

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-6438
NVD Published Date:
03/18/2014
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2013-6438 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 11:04:07 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/06/2023 9:17:11 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/14/2022 2:40:36 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/06/2021 7:15:18 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 3/30/2021 9:15:20 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 3/30/2021 8:15:57 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/01/2020 12:15:23 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/01/2020 11:15:30 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/15/2019 5:15:27 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/09/2018 3:34:43 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/08/2017 9:29:02 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/06/2017 9:59:13 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/22/2016 10:06:30 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/16/2016 9:59:38 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/19/2015 9:59:08 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/15/2015 9:59:08 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/14/2015 9:59:49 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/13/2015 9:59:05 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/01/2015 9:59:06 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/22/2015 8:59:58 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/11/2014 10:00:07 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/02/2014 10:00:14 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 3/18/2014 12:33:53 PM

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