vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-AC256985-B6A9-11E6-A3BF-206A8A720317 (CVE-2016-8734): subversion -- Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversionclients using http(s)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 29, 2016 | Nov 30, 2016 | May 7, 2019 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2016
Added
Nov 30, 2016
Modified
May 7, 2019
Description
Apache Subversion's mod_dontdothat module and HTTP clients 1.4.0 through 1.8.16, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.4 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack caused by exponential XML entity expansion. The attack can cause the targeted process to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources or memory.
Solutions
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