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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3932-1 subversion security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9573 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3388-1 Subversion vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:01:52.257Z

Reserved: 2016-10-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8734

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-16T13:29:00.220

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-8734

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8734 - Bugzilla

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