CVE-2009-2625
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)30%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html