REDHAT-BUG-515515
First published: Tue Aug 04 2009(Updated: )
A stack overflow flaw was found in Apache Xerces by parsing root XML document element DTD definition. Providing a specially-crafted XML file would lead to excessive stack growth and denial of service (crash), when opened by a victim. Upstream patch: --------------- <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch">http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch</a> Credit: ------- The flaw was discovered by Jukka Taimisto and Rauli Kaksonen from the CROSS project at Codenomicon Ltd.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Xerces-C++ |
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Reference Links
- 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://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/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- alias/CVE-2009-1885
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