PT-2008-5715 · Apache · Xerces-C++

Published 2008-10-08 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4482

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Xerces-C++ versions prior to 3.0.0

Description: The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in stack consumption and crash. This is achieved through an XML schema definition with a large maxOccurs value, which triggers excessive memory consumption during the validation of an XML file.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.0.0, update to version 3.0.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4482

Affected Products

Xerces-C++

References · 6

• 🔥 http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31533 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4482 · Security Note
• http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596 · Note