Expat UTF-8 Character XML Parsing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: : Medium
CVE Kennungen: : CVE-2009-3720
Advisory Date: 21 lipca 2015
DESCRIPTION
The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625.
INFORMATION EXPOSURE
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003960
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003960 - Expat UTF-8 Character XML Parsing Remote Denial Of Service
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION:
- james_clark expat 2.0.1