CVE-2013-0339

libxml2 <= 2.9.1 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libxml2 through 2.9.1 does not properly handle external entities expansion unless an application developer uses the xmlSAX2ResolveEntity or xmlSetExternalEntityLoader function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption), send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: it could be argued that because libxml2 already provides the ability to disable external entity expansion, the responsibility for resolving this issue lies with application developers; according to this argument, this entry should be REJECTed and each affected application would need its own CVE.

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/21/24
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/3
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/188
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/184
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/182
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915149
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54172
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/6

Scores

EPSS 0.0178
EPSS Percentile 83.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (49)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.04
debian/debian_linux 6.0
debian/debian_linux 7.0
suse/linux_enterprise_server 10 sp4
xmlsoft/libxml2 1.7.0
xmlsoft/libxml2 1.7.1
xmlsoft/libxml2 1.7.2
... and 39 more
Published Jan 21, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026