CVE - CVE-2009-2473

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2473	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
neon before 0.28.6, when expat is used, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
References
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MISC:36371 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36371 MISC:ADV-2009-2341 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html MISC:FEDORA-2009-8794 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html MISC:FEDORA-2009-8815 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html MISC:MDVSA-2009:221 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2013:0131 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0131.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2009:018 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html MISC:[neon] 20090818 CVE-2009-2473: fix for "billion laughs" attack against expat URL:http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001045.html MISC:[neon] 20090818 neon: release 0.28.6 (SECURITY) URL:http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html MISC:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 URL:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 MISC:neon-xml-dos(52633) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52633 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9461 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9461
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20090715	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090715)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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