CVE-2009-2625 Denial of service in Apache Xerces2
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Apache Xerces2 Java XML parser using malformed XML input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-2625?
CVE-2009-2625 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2625?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including xerces:xercesImpl. It affects 9 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
xerces:xercesImpl Maven | All versions | 2.10.0 |
xerces:xercesImpl Maven | All versions | 2.10.0 |
Linux distribution packages (38)
xerces-j2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-scripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-demo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-apis Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-impl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-other Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-xni Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-demo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-apis Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-impl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-other Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-xni Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2-scripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.2 |
xerces-j2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-demo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-apis Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-impl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-other Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-xni Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-scripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-demo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-apis Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-impl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-other Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-xni Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-scripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-demo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
xerces-j2-javadoc-apis Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_0 |
Products include Apache Xerces2 Java, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Jdk and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2625?
Upgrade xerces:xercesImpl to 2.10.0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-2625 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2625 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-OW18988, DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2625, DSA-1984-1, GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp, RHSA-2009:1615, RHSA-2011:0858 and 1 more.