National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2416

Overview

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1859

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8580

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8498

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8491

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3217

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3184

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2420

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-815-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1

External Source: BID

Name: 36010

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html

Hyperlink:http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [debian-bugs-dist] 20090810 Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-free and stack overflow because of function recursion

Hyperlink:http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg678527.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/

Hyperlink:http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html

Hyperlink:http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37471

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37346

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37346

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36417

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36417

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36338

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36338

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36207

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36207

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7783

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7783

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:015

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html

Hyperlink:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7783

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7783