UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8734

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8734

    Published: 30 Nov 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8734
    Aliases:
    USN-3388-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8734, https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3388-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8734

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: subversion

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.8-1ubuntu3.3

    Affected versions

    1.7.9-1+nmu6ubuntu3
    1.7.13-2ubuntu1
    1.7.13-2ubuntu2
    1.7.13-2ubuntu3
    1.7.14-1ubuntu2

    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
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