CVE-2009-2625
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2625
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.9.1-4.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.9.1-4.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.9.1-4.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.9.1-4.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.9.1-4.1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | xerces:xercesImpl | <2.10.0 | 2.10.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2625
- https://github.com/apache/xerces2-j/commit/0bdf77af1d4fd26ec2e630fb6d12e2dfa77bc12b
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.html
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-XERCES-32014
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36162
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.