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CVE-2016-8734

Apache Subversion's mod_dontdothat module and HTTP clients 1.4.0 through 1.8.16, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.4 are vulnerable

Apache Subversion's mod_dontdothat module and HTTP clients 1.4.0 through 1.8.16, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.4 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack caused by exponential XML entity expansion. The attack can cause the targeted process to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources or memory.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.12879
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

1
apache subversionall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · security@apache.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Oct 2017 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2200-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2163-1
usnUSN-3388-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3932Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94588Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037361Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7798f5cda1b2a3c70db4be77694b12dec8fcc1a441b00009d44f0e09%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txtIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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