CVE-2013-6438
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 27.50 % · percentile 98 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2013-6247
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2013-6438
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-300 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2015-AVI-139 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple Macintosh OS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2014-AVI-436 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2014-AVI-250 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits F5 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2014-AVI-244 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle Solaris · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2014-AVI-143 — Vulnérabilité dans IBM OS/400 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2014-AVI-131 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apache httpd · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.2.0 < 2.2.27cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.4.1 < 2.4.9cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:10.1.3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:11.1.1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:12.1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:12.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_input_validation_vulnerabilities_in1
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6438
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58230
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0135.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-12.xml
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676092
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c?r1=1528718&r2=1556428&diff_format=h
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60536
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66303
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59345
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/util.c
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676091
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2152-1
- http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.9
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669554
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7f6aeb28661fbf826969526585f16856abc4615877875f9d3b35ef4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r83109088737656fa6307bd99ab40f8ff0269ae58d3f7272d7048494a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9821b0a32a1d0a1b4947abb6f3630053fcbb2ec905d9a32c2bd4d4ee%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |