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CVE-2009-3560

The big2_toUtf8 function in lib/xmltok.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in the XML-Twig module for Perl, allows con

The big2_toUtf8 function in lib/xmltok.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in the XML-Twig module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, related to the doProlog function in lib/xmlparse.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625 and CVE-2009-3720.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.03008
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

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apache http server>= 2.0.35 and < 2.0.64
apache http server>= 2.2.0 and < 2.2.17

Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD04 Dec 2009 · 09:30 PM

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10077-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10268-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10568-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11586-1
rhsaRHSA-2017:3239Moderate
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References & Sources

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