CVE-2009-2625

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2625
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-06 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionXMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Xerces2 Java 2.9.1 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 9.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.2 All All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 - All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update1 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update10 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update11 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update12 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update13 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update14 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update15 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update16 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update17 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update18 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update19 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update2 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update3 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update4 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update5 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update7 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update8 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.5.0 update9 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 - All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update1 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update10 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update11 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update12 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update13 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update14 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update2 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update3 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update4 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update5 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update6 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update7 All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 6.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 6.2.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Web Services 6.2.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Web Services 7.0 - All All
Application Oracle Primavera Web Services 7.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981447 Java (maven) Security Update for xerces:xercesImpl (GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp)
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