CVE-2009-1956

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    CVE-2009-1956

    Published: 8 Jun 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the apr_brigade_vprintf function in Apache APR-util before 1.3.5 on big-endian platforms allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted input.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2, http://secunia.com/advisories/34724, http://secunia.com/advisories/35284, http://secunia.com/advisories/35395, http://secunia.com/advisories/35487, http://secunia.com/advisories/35565, http://secunia.com/advisories/35710, http://secunia.com/advisories/35797, http://secunia.com/advisories/35843, http://secunia.com/advisories/37221, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-03.xml, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=768417, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88341, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK91241, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK99478, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463, http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:131, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1107.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1108.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35251, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-786-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504390, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11567, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12237, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01173.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01201.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01228.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/06/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/06/1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504390, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=768417, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/06/1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504390, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1907, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504390, http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg21591.html, http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg21592.html, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad2acee3ab838b52c04a0698b1728a9a43467bf365bd481c993c535d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7c64aeea604bf948467d9d1cab8ff23fa7d002be1964bcc275aae7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High