Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-1885
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.141
EPSS Ranking 93.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36201
- 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?view=rev&revision=781488
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
- http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223
- http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36201
- 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?view=rev&revision=781488
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
- http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223
- http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html
Products affected by CVE-2009-1885
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c++:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c++:2.8.0