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CVE-2013-6438

Published: Mar 18, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6438
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Http_serverApache2.2.0 (including)2.2.27 (excluding)
Http_serverApache2.4.1 (including)2.4.9 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.3-85.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHathttpd-0:2.2.15-30.el6_5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 for RHEL 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.22-27.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 for RHEL 6RedHathttpd-0:2.2.22-27.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.22-27.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHathttpd-0:2.2.22-27.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0RedHathttpd*
Apache2Ubuntudevel*
Apache2Ubuntulucid*
Apache2Ubuntuprecise*
Apache2Ubuntuquantal*
Apache2Ubuntusaucy*
Apache2Ubuntuupstream*

References

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