CVE-2009-2625 Affecting xerces-j2-javadoc-other package, versions <0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.16% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-XERCESJ2JAVADOCOTHER-2459675
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Aug 2009

Introduced: 6 Aug 2009

CVE-2009-2625  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 xerces-j2-javadoc-other to version 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-0858.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xerces-j2-javadoc-other package and not the xerces-j2-javadoc-other package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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