National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2625
Original release date:08/06/2009
Last revised:08/26/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 263489
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8337
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8329
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1201
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1200
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1199
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022680
External Source: BID
Name: 35958
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:209
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36199
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36180
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36176
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36162