CVE-2016-8734 (GCVE-0-2016-8734)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-16 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:01
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Summary
Apache Subversion's mod_dontdothat module and HTTP clients 1.4.0 through 1.8.16, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.4 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack caused by exponential XML entity expansion. The attack can cause the targeted process to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources or memory.
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  • Denial of Service
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion Affected: 1.4.0 to 1.8.16
Affected: 1.9.0 to 1.9.4
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