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CVE-2008-3281

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CVE-2008-3281

Published: Aug 27, 2008

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

USN-644-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
31855
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1020728
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
ADV-2009-1621
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
FEDORA-2008-7395
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
RHSA-2008:0836
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
32807
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
31982
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2008-2971
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
ADV-2008-2843
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
31590
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2009-1522
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
USN-640-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
31728
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-200812-06
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
32488
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SR:2008:018
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
31566
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
30783
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6496
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
ADV-2008-2419
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
35379
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2008:192
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
32974
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2008-7594
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-1631
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[xml] 20080820 Security fix for libxml2
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9812
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
MDVSA-2008:180
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
31558
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31748
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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