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CVE-2008-3281

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.

Published

2008-08-27T20:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-776

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xmlsoft	libxml2	≤ 2.6.32	Yes
Application	apple	safari	< 4.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	< 3.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	9	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	4.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	5.2	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	2.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	2.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	5.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esx	2.5.4	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esx	2.5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esx	3.0.2	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esx	3.0.3	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Broken Link, Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31566 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31590 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31728 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31748 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32488 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Broken Link ([email protected])
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
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https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Broken Link, Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31566 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31590 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31728 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31748 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32488 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)