CVE-2009-1885: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Aug 04 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Xerces-c\+\+ | =2.8.0 | |
| Apache Xerces-c\+\+ | =2.7.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
- http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36201
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xerces-c-2.8.0-5.fc10
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xerces-c-2.8.0-5.fc11
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xerces-c27-2.7.0-8.fc11
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xerces-c27-2.7.0-8.fc10
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xerces-c-2.7.0-8.el4
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xerces-c-2.7.0-8.el5
- http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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