CVE-2009-1885

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1885
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-11 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: xerces-c27-2.7.0-8.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python libraries - Network World af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.networkworld.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: xerces-c-2.8.0-5.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Codenomicon Labs | XML Security and Fuzzing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.codenomicon.com
Xerces-C++ XML DTD Structures Parsing Denial of Service - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Advisory on XML libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.fi
Xerces-C++ Nested DTD Structure XML Parsing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 515515 – CVE-2009-1885 xerces-c, xerces-c27: Stack overflow when parsing recursive XML structures af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[Apache-SVN] Revision 781488 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: xerces-c27-2.7.0-8.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: xerces-c-2.8.0-5.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-08-12Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-1885 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future xerces-c packages update in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.1 may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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