CVE-2013-6438

The dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 does not properly remove whitespace characters from CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV WRITE request.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-03-18

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Http Server (Apache)
• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Http Server (Oracle)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0135.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58230
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59315
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59345
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60536
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-12.xml
• http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c?r1=1528718&r2=1556428&diff_format=h
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669554
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676091
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676092
• http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.9
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66303
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2152-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
• https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_input_validation_vulnerabilities_in1
• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org…
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org…
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org…