CVE-2013-6438

Publication date 18 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	13.10 saucy	Fixed 2.4.6-2ubuntu2.2
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.2.22-6ubuntu2.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.5
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.13

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1556428 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1556816 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1576706

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2152-1
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
24 March 2014

CVE-2013-6438

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