DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1955

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1955

    Published: 8 Jun 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-1955

    Summary:

    Details: The expat XML parser in the apr_xml_* interface in xml/apr_xml.c in Apache APR-util before 1.3.7, as used in the mod_dav and mod_dav_svn modules in the Apache HTTP Server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, as demonstrated by a PROPFIND request, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1955

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apr-util

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/apr-util?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.7+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    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