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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

27.5% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (48)

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• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6438 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 58230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT204659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0135.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201408-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676092 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c?r1=1528718&r2=1556428&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 60536 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 66303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• HPSBUX03102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBUX03150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 59345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676091 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2152-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669554 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [9/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888194 [9/13] - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [9/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [2/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [3/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 17:39 UTC.