CVE-2008-3529

Publication date 12 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml2 8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.6.30.dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.6.27.dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.3

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-644-1
    • libxml2 vulnerabilities
    • 11 September 2008
    • USN-815-1
    • libxml2 vulnerabilities
    • 11 August 2009

Other references