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CVE-2008-4409
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633