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Date:      Wed, 30 Nov 2016 03:33:45 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r427408 - head/security/vuxml
Message-ID:  <201611300333.uAU3XjLF009834@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: cy
Date: Wed Nov 30 03:33:45 2016
New Revision: 427408
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/427408

Log:
  Document Apache Subverision vulnerability CVE-2016-8734:
  Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversion
  clients using http(s)://
  
  Reported by:	Evgeny Kotkov <kotkov@apache.org>
  Security:	CVE-2016-8734

Modified:
  head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml

Modified: head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Tue Nov 29 23:53:36 2016	(r427407)
+++ head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Wed Nov 30 03:33:45 2016	(r427408)
@@ -58,6 +58,40 @@ Notes:
   * Do not forget port variants (linux-f10-libxml2, libxml2, etc.)
 -->
 <vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">;
+  <vuln vid="ac256985-b6a9-11e6-a3bf-206a8a720317">
+    <topic>subversion -- Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversionclients using http(s)</topic>
+    <affects>
+      <package>
+	<name>subversion18</name>
+	<range><lt>1.8.17</lt></range>
+      </package>
+      <package>
+	<name>subversion</name>
+	<range><lt>1.9.5</lt></range>
+      </package>
+    </affects>
+    <description>
+      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">;
+	<p>The Apache Software Foundation reports:</p>
+	<blockquote cite="http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt">;
+	  <p>The mod_dontdothat module of subversion and subversion clients using
+	  http(s):// are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack, caused by
+	  exponential XML entity expansion. The attack targets XML parsers
+	  causing targeted process to consume excessive amounts of resources.
+	  The attack is also known as the "billions of laughs attack."</p>
+	</blockquote>
+      </body>
+    </description>
+    <references>
+      <url>http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txt</url>;
+      <cvename>CVE-2016-8734</cvename>
+    </references>
+    <dates>
+      <discovery>2016-11-29</discovery>
+      <entry>2016-11-29</entry>
+    </dates>
+  </vuln>
+
   <vuln vid="18449f92-ab39-11e6-8011-005056925db4">
     <topic>libwww -- multiple vulnerabilities</topic>
     <affects>



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