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