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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-1955: APR Utility Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-1955: APR Utility Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/07/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/15/2020

Description

The 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-apr-util

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