--- title: "CVE-2009-2414\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2414?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-2414 Publication date 11 August 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libxml | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:1.8.17-14.1ubuntu0.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | libxml2 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.6.32.dfsg-5ubuntu4.2 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.6.32.dfsg-4ubuntu1.2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.4 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.5 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2414) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2414) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2414) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2414) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-815-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-815-1) + libxml2 vulnerabilities + 11 August 2009 ### Other references *