6.5

CVE-2016-8734: apache software foundation apache subversion Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2017-0009UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8734DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8734
Published 16-10-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8734 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in apache software foundation apache subversion. EPSS estimates a 6.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1SUSE-SU-2017:2163-1SUSE-SU-2017:2200-1USN-3388-1

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
6.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Apache1 product
  • subversionEOL1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.6.10 | 1.6.11 | 1.6.12 | 1.6.13 | 1.6.14 | 1.6.15 | 1.6.16 | 1.6.17 | 1.6.18 | 1.6.19 | 1.6.20 | 1.6.21 | 1.6.23 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.4 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.8 | 1.7.9 | 1.7.10 | 1.7.11 | 1.7.12 | 1.7.13 | 1.7.14 | 1.7.15 | 1.7.16 | 1.7.17 | 1.7.18 | 1.7.19 | 1.7.20 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.6 | 1.8.7 | 1.8.8 | 1.8.9 | 1.8.10 | 1.8.11 | 1.8.12 | 1.8.13 | 1.8.14 | 1.8.15 | 1.8.16 | 1.9.0 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.4
Apache software foundation1 product
Mageia1 product
  • subversion< 1.8.17-1.mga5
Ubuntu1 product
  • subversion< 1.8.8-1ubuntu3.3 | < 1.9.3-2ubuntu1.1

5 vendors · 6 products

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