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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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1921-1 New expat packages fix denial of service
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1984-1 New libxerces2-java packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0452 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp Denial of service in Apache Xerces2
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-814-1 OpenJDK vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-890-1 Expat vulnerabilities
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References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37300 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37671 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37754 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38231 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38342 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43300 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=h cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35958 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022680 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2625 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356 cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2625 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:56.314Z

Reserved: 2009-07-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-2625

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-08-06T15:30:00.327

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-2625

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2625 - Bugzilla

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