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CVE-2008-3281

Published: 27 August 2008

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
kees
earlier patches broke ABI (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459830)
USN-644-1 updates this fix to match upstream patches.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2)
feisty
Released (2.6.27.dfsg-1ubuntu3.2)
gutsy
Released (2.6.30.dfsg-2ubuntu1.2)
hardy
Released (2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (2.7.1)
Patches:
vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=314860

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H