CVE-2009-2473 (GCVE-0-2009-2473)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-08-21 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:52
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
neon before 0.28.6, when expat is used, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001045.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0131.html
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/36371 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341 Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52633
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9461
secalert@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html
secalert@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001045.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0131.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/36371 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9461
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html
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