CVE-2009-2625

Publication date 6 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

XMLScanner.java in 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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
expat 10.10 maverick
Fixed in 2.0.1-7ubuntu1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 2.0.1-7ubuntu1
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 2.0.1-4ubuntu1.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 1.95.8-3ubuntu0.1
openjdk-6 10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu11
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 6b12-0ubuntu6.5
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu1~8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
sun-java5 10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
sun-java6 10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 6-15-1
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 6-15-1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.04
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.8.04
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

this originally come out as a bug in expat (#1990430). CVE-2009-3720 was later assigned to this identical issue, since this issue was worded as a Java vulnerability. Our USN references this CVE and CVE-2009-3720 will be ignored.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
expat

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-814-1
    • OpenJDK vulnerabilities
    • 11 August 2009
    • USN-890-1
    • Expat vulnerabilities
    • 20 January 2010

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