CVE - CVE-2009-1885

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-1885	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in "simply nested DTD structures," as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
References
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MISC:http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html MISC:http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ MISC:http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html CONFIRM:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch CONFIRM:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515 FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-8305 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-8332 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-8345 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-8350 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2009:223 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223 BID:35986 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986 SECUNIA:36201 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36201 VUPEN:ADV-2009-2196 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196 XF:xerces-c-dtd-dos(52321) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
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Date Entry Created
20090602	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20090602)
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