Definition

XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20 and in other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9356

XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20 and in other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Family:

unix

Status:

ACCEPTED

Platform(s):

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5

Class:

vulnerability

Reference(s):

CVE-2009-2625

Product(s):