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CVE-2009-2625

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Date: August 6, 2009

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.

Language: Java

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (69)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.html

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=h

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36199

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.html

Url: http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/50549

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36162

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2625

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35958

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37671

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.html

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37754

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022680

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36176

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37300

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36180

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2625

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/xerces2-j/commit/0bdf77af1d4fd26ec2e630fb6d12e2dfa77bc12b

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43300

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.html

Url: http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38342

Url: http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38231

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2625

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version xerces:xercesImpl:2.10.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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