PT-2009-4349 · Apache · Apache Xerces-C

Jan Lieskovsky + 2 · Published 2009-08-11 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-1885

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache Xerces C++ versions 2.7.0 through 2.8.0

Description: A stack consumption issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved through vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in simply nested DTD structures.

Recommendations: For Apache Xerces C++ versions 2.7.0 through 2.8.0, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of a denial of service attack. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1885

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10039-1

Affected Products

Apache Xerces-C

References · 24

• 🔥 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1885 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1885 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10039-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2099 · Note