CVE-2009-3720
First published: Sat Jan 17 2009(Updated: )
Peter Valchev discovered a flaw in the way expat handled malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. Incorrect UTF-8 sequenced could cause expat to fail to properly detect end of input and continue reading behind the end of input buffer. This results in a crash once reading reaches unmapped memory. Non-public upstream bug report: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1990430&group_id=10127&atid=110127">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1990430&group_id=10127&atid=110127</a> Contents of the report leaked via expat-bugs mailing list posts: <a href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/expat-bugs/2009-January/002781.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/expat-bugs/2009-January/002781.html</a> Upstream patch: <a href="http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15">http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15</a> References: <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=551936">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=551936</a> <a href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280615">https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280615</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| James Clark Expat | =2.0.1 | |
| A M Kuchling Pyxml | ||
| Python Python | ||
| redhat/expat | <0:1.95.7-4.el4_8.2 | 0:1.95.7-4.el4_8.2 |
| redhat/python | <0:2.3.4-14.10.el4 | 0:2.3.4-14.10.el4 |
| redhat/expat | <0:1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2 | 0:1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2 |
| redhat/python | <0:2.4.3-44.el5 | 0:2.4.3-44.el5 |
| redhat/expat | <2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
| All of | ||
| Libexpat Project Libexpat | =2.0.1 | |
| Any of | ||
| A M Kuchling Pyxml | ||
| Python Python | ||
| Apache HTTP server | >=2.0.35<2.0.64 | |
| Apache HTTP server | >=2.2.0<2.2.17 | |
| IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS | <=9.7.2.8 | |
| IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Web Access | <=9.7.2.8 | |
| IBM IBM® Rational DOORS/DOORS Web Access | <=9.6.1.x |
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Reference Links
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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3720 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3720
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1572
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1625
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0002
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0491
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0492
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3239
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- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-3720.json
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1990430&group_id=10127&atid=110127
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15
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- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52686
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Parent vulnerabilities
(Appears in the following advisories)
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/redhat-cve
- source/Red Hat
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/weakness
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- alias/CVE-2009-3720
- collector/nvd-api
- source/NVD
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/event
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/ibm-support
- source/IBM
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/james clark
- canonical/james clark expat
- version/james clark expat/2.0.1
- vendor/a m kuchling
- canonical/a m kuchling pyxml
- vendor/python
- canonical/python python
- package-manager/redhat
- vendor/libexpat project
- canonical/libexpat project libexpat
- version/libexpat project libexpat/2.0.1
- vendor/apache
- canonical/apache http server
- version/apache http server/2.0.35
- version/apache http server/2.2.0
- vendor/ibm
- canonical/ibm engineering requirements management doors
- version/ibm engineering requirements management doors/9.7.2.8
- canonical/ibm engineering requirements management doors web access
- version/ibm engineering requirements management doors web access/9.7.2.8
- canonical/ibm ibm® rational doors/doors web access
- version/ibm ibm® rational doors/doors web access/9.6.1.x