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Apache APR-Utils XML Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Apache APR-Utils and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
An error in the 'expat XML' parser when processing crafted XML documents containing a large number of nested entity references.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apache APR-Utils version prior to 1.3.7 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Apply the patch or upgrade to Apache APR-Utils 1.3.7.