Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting subversion-kde package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed29 Nov 2016
Introduced: 29 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-8734 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 subversion-kde.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream subversion-kde package and not the subversion-kde package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94588
- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8734
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3932
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7798f5cda1b2a3c70db4be77694b12dec8fcc1a441b00009d44f0e09@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037361
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7798f5cda1b2a3c70db4be77694b12dec8fcc1a441b00009d44f0e09%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E