CVE-2016-8734

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Subversion	1.4.0 to 1.8.16; 1.9.0 to 1.9.4

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3932Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94588Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037361Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7798f5cda1b2a3c70db4be77694b12dec8fcc1a441b00009d44f0e09%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txtIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3932Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94588Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037361Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7798f5cda1b2a3c70db4be77694b12dec8fcc1a441b00009d44f0e09%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-8734-advisory.txtIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Timeline

Published: Oct 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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