Out-of-Bounds Affecting xerces-c package, versions <3.0.1-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-XERCESC-337700
  • published11 Aug 2009
  • disclosed11 Aug 2009

Introduced: 11 Aug 2009

CVE-2009-1885  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable xerces-c to version 3.0.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xerces-c package and not the xerces-c package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in "simply nested DTD structures," as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

CVSS Scores

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