svn commit: r427408 - head/security/vuxml
Cy Schubert
cy at FreeBSD.org
Wed Nov 30 03:33:47 UTC 2016
Author: cy
Date: Wed Nov 30 03:33:45 2016
New Revision: 427408
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/427408
Log:
Document Apache Subverision vulnerability CVE-2016-8734:
Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversion
clients using http(s)://
Reported by: Evgeny Kotkov <kotkov at apache.org>
Security: CVE-2016-8734
Modified:
head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
Modified: head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml Tue Nov 29 23:53:36 2016 (r427407)
+++ head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml Wed Nov 30 03:33:45 2016 (r427408)
@@ -58,6 +58,40 @@ Notes:
* Do not forget port variants (linux-f10-libxml2, libxml2, etc.)
-->
<vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">
+ <vuln vid="ac256985-b6a9-11e6-a3bf-206a8a720317">
+ <topic>subversion -- Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversionclients using http(s)</topic>
+ <affects>
+ <package>
+ <name>subversion18</name>
+ <range><lt>1.8.17</lt></range>
+ </package>
+ <package>
+ <name>subversion</name>
+ <range><lt>1.9.5</lt></range>
+ </package>
+ </affects>
+ <description>
+ <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+ <p>The Apache Software Foundation reports:</p>
+ <blockquote cite="http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt">
+ <p>The mod_dontdothat module of subversion and subversion clients using
+ http(s):// are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack, caused by
+ exponential XML entity expansion. The attack targets XML parsers
+ causing targeted process to consume excessive amounts of resources.
+ The attack is also known as the "billions of laughs attack."</p>
+ </blockquote>
+ </body>
+ </description>
+ <references>
+ <url>http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt</url>
+ <cvename>CVE-2016-8734</cvename>
+ </references>
+ <dates>
+ <discovery>2016-11-29</discovery>
+ <entry>2016-11-29</entry>
+ </dates>
+ </vuln>
+
<vuln vid="18449f92-ab39-11e6-8011-005056925db4">
<topic>libwww -- multiple vulnerabilities</topic>
<affects>
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