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title: "CVE-2009-2625\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2625

Publication date 6 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0
before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML
input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2625?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| expat | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.0.1-7ubuntu1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.0.1-7ubuntu1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.0.1-4ubuntu1.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.8.10.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.95.8-3ubuntu0.1 |
| openjdk-6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu11 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6b12-0ubuntu6.5 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu1~8.04.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6-15-1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6-15-1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.04 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.8.04 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2625?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

this originally come out as a bug in expat (#1990430).
CVE-2009-3720 was later assigned to this identical issue, since
this issue was worded as a Java vulnerability. Our USN references
this CVE and CVE-2009-3720 will be ignored.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| expat | * Upstream:   <http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15&view=patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2625)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2625)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2625)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2625)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-814-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-814-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 11 August 2009

+ [USN-890-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-890-1)
+ Expat vulnerabilities
+ 20 January 2010

### Other references

* <http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1>
* <http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html>
* <http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2625>