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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2625 Detail

Description

XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2 CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37300 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37671 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37754 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38231 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38342 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43300 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link  Patch 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1 CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=h CERT/CC, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1 CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9 CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6 CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3 CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35958 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022680 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543 CERT/CC, CVE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CERT/CC, CVE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359 CERT/CC, CVE Permissions Required 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921 CERT/CC, CVE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E CERT/CC, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.html CERT/CC, CVE Broken Link 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html CERT/CC, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2625
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
CERT/CC