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CVE-2009-3560 (Medium) detected in multiple libraries - autoclosed #45

Closed mend-bolt-for-github[bot] closed 7 months ago

mend-bolt-for-github[bot] commented 2 years ago

CVE-2009-3560 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0, buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0, buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0

Vulnerability Details

The big2_toUtf8 function in lib/xmltok.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in the XML-Twig module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, related to the doProlog function in lib/xmlparse.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625 and CVE-2009-3720.

Publish Date: 2009-12-04

URL: CVE-2009-3560

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: Low

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2009-12-04

Fix Resolution: R_2_2_0

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mend-bolt-for-github[bot] commented 7 months ago

:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.