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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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-644-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html
x_refsource_MISC
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
20081031 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2008-7594
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-1631
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[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
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[Security-announce] 20081030 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
31748
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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