CVE-2016-8734
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txtAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3932Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94588Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037361Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7798f5cda1b2a3c70db4be77694b12dec8fcc1a441b00009d44f0e09%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html