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CVE-2009-1885

Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to

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Summary

Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in "simply nested DTD structures," as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

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References 15

securityfocus.com

networkworld.com

cert.fi

codenomicon.com

redhat.com

secunia.com

vupen.com

svn.apache.org

mandriva.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

bugzilla.redhat.com