CVE-2013-6438

NameCVE-2013-6438
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-66-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
apache2 (PTS)bullseye2.4.59-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.4.61-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.4.59-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)2.4.61-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.4.62-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
apache2sourcesqueeze2.2.16-6+squeeze13DLA-66-1
apache2sourcewheezy2.2.22-13+deb7u2
apache2source(unstable)2.4.9-1

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