CVE-2009-1955

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1955
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-08 01:00:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 14:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe expat XML parser in the apr_xml_* interface in xml/apr_xml.c in Apache APR-util before 1.3.7, as used in the mod_dav and mod_dav_svn modules in the Apache HTTP Server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, as demonstrated by a PROPFIND request, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-776

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Apr-util All All All All
Application Apache Apr-util All All All All
Application Apache Http Server All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Application Oracle Http Server - All All All
Application Oracle Http Server - All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All

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About Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 CONFIRM support.apple.com Broken Link
oss-security - CVE request: "billion laughs" attack against Apache APR MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:011 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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PK91241: Z/OS IBM HTTP SERVER FOR WEBSPHERE (POWERED BY APACHE) FIX PACK 6.1.0.27 AIXAPAR www-01.ibm.com Third Party Advisory
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[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: apr-util-1.3.7-1.fc11 FEDORA www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed AIXAPAR www-01.ibm.com Broken Link
Fedora update for apr-util - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
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Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.apache.org Broken Link
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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