Severity: : Medium
  CVE Kennungen: : CVE-2009-3720
  Advisory Date: 21 de lipca de 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