CVE-2016-8734

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
12.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 6% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: October 16, 2017 (3132 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-400

Affected Products

apache subversiondebian debian linux

References

🔗 www.debian.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 lists.apache.org 🔗 subversion.apache.org