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DEBIAN-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 to a denial-of-service attack...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 subversion

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.5-1"}]}]

Debian:13 subversion

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.5-1"}]}]

Debian:14 subversion

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.5-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org