CVE-2009-2625
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-2625 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | certcc |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-08-06 15:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | XMLScanner.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
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Permissions Required |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:013 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- expat [was: Re: Regarding expat bug 1990430] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| VMware Products Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2010 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - Java Runtime Environment (JRE) XML Parsing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Ubuntu update for expat - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA50549 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Debian update for libxerces2-java - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: IBM Java 6 (SUSE-SA:2009 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1984-1 libxerces2-java | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python libraries - Network World | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.networkworld.com | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: Regarding expat bug 1990430 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| HP-UX update for JRE / JDK - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-012A -- Oracle Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- expat [was: Re: Regarding expat bug 1990430] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Fedora update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Codenomicon Labs | XML Security and Fuzzing | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.codenomicon.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Permissions Required |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBUX02476 SSRT090250 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Increase in Privilege,' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| #263489: A Security Vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) With Parsing XML Data May Allow a Remote Client to Create a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| #125136-16: Obsoleted by: 125136-17 JavaSE for business 6: update 15 patch (equivalent to JDK 6u15) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Broken Link, Patch |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Broken Link |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| CERT-FI - CERT-FI Advisory on XML libraries | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.cert.fi | Third Party Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1 Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | slackware.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Sun Multiple Products XML Parsing Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2009 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Broken Link |
| Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Sun Java Runtime Environment XML Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| Pony Mail! | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apache.org | |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Broken Link |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Permissions Required |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| [Apache-SVN] Diff of /xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | svn.apache.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Bug 512921 – CVE-2009-2625 xerces-j2, JDK: XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| VMSA-2009-0016.1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:108 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-294A -- Oracle Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| oss-security - Re: Re: expat bug 1990430 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-890-1: Expat vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Pony Mail! | MITRE | lists.apache.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 981447 Java (maven) Security Update for xerces:xercesImpl (GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp)