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CVE-2013-4002

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Date: July 23, 2013

XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 as well as Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, JRockit R28.2.8 and earlier, JRockit R27.7.6 and earlier, Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XML attribute names.

Language: Java

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (57)

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644197

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00026.html

Url: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS13-025/index.html

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=965250&r2=1499506&view=patch

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1447.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2033-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00010.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1823.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/xerces2-j

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/56257

Url: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/#IBM_Security_Update_July_2013

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5982

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC98015

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00000.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0773.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61310

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2089-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1821.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49dc6702104a86ecbb40292dcd329ce9ae4c32b74733199ecab14a73@%3Cj-users.xerces.apache.org%3E

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00003.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85260

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1818.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html

Url: http://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/security_bulletin_ibm_filenet_content_manager_and_ibm_content_foundation_xml_4j_denial_of_service_attack_cve_2013_4002

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00029.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1505.html

Url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1679

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1059.html

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4002

Url: https://github.com/apache/xerces2-j/commit/266e837852e0f0e3c8c1ad572b6fc4dbb4ded17

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1822.html

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657539

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4002

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1440.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00023.html

Url: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21653371

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00001.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138674073720143&w=2

Url: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21648172

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1451.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1081.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49dc6702104a86ecbb40292dcd329ce9ae4c32b74733199ecab14a73%40%3Cj-users.xerces.apache.org%3E

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138674031212883&w=2

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4002

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Missing XML Validation

CWE-112

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version xerces:xercesImpl:Xerces-J_2_12_0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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