CVE-2009-1955 Information

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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.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html http://marc.info/?l=apr-dev&m=124396021826125&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/34724 http://secunia.com/advisories/35284 http://secunia.com/advisories/35360 http://secunia.com/advisories/35395 http://secunia.com/advisories/35444 http://secunia.com/advisories/35487 http://secunia.com/advisories/35565 http://secunia.com/advisories/35710 http://secunia.com/advisories/35797 http://secunia.com/advisories/35843 http://secunia.com/advisories/36473 http://secunia.com/advisories/37221 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-03.xml http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.538210 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781403 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0123 http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1812 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:131 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/4 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1107.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1108.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506053/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35253 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-786-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1907 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88342 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK91241 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK99478 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10270 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A12473 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8842 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01173.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01201.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01228.html