CVE-2016-8734 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache Subversion's mod_dontdothat module and HTTP clients versions 1.4.0 through 1.8.16, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.4. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) stems from exponential XML entity expansion, allowing an attacker to cause excessive CPU or memory consumption. The attack requires low privileges and network access, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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