CVE-2008-3281

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.

Score: CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium
Status: Modified - secalert@redhat.com
Published: 2008-08-27
Last modified: 2024-08-07
Weaknesses: CWE-776

Affected products

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31558
http://secunia.com/advisories/31566
http://secunia.com/advisories/31590
http://secunia.com/advisories/31728
http://secunia.com/advisories/31748
http://secunia.com/advisories/31855
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
http://secunia.com/advisories/32488
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419