CVE-2009-3720 | BDVDB-2026-39150 Detail
Description#
The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026
- http://svn.python.org/view?view=rev&revision=74429
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:215
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051442.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01274.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00370.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38832
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15&view=patch
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?view=log
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:220
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- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/expat-bugs/2009-January/002781.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11019
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:211
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41701
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/21/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37925
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38050
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023160
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7112
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531697
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051367.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051247.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42338
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280615
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00413.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.