CVE-2008-3281

MEDIUM

libxml2 < 2.6.32 - Denial of Service via Recursive Entity Expansion in DTDs

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (42)

Core 42

Core References

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31855

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32807

Broken Link, Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31982

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843

Release Notes x_refsource_confirm

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31590

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31728

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32488

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31566

Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325

Broken Link vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32974

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086

Mailing List, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html

Broken Link vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31558

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Broken Link mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31748

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0251

EPSS Percentile 82.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-776

Status published

Products (26)

apple/iphone_os 1.0.0 - 3.0

apple/safari < 4.0

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06

canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04

debian/debian_linux 4.0

fedoraproject/fedora 9

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 4.0

... and 16 more

Published Aug 27, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026