National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4008

Overview

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0230

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3100

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3100

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3076

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3076

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3046

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1016-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1016-1

External Source: BID

Name: 44779

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44779

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1749

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html

Hyperlink:http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:243

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:243

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2128

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2128

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42429

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42429

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42314

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42314

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42175

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42175

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42109

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42109

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0217

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12148

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12148

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBMA02662

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT100409

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [xml] 20101104 Release of libxml2-2.7.8

Hyperlink:http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2010-November/msg00015.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2010:023

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-02-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1

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

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731

Hyperlink:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=58731

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/

Hyperlink:http://blog.bkis.com/en/libxml2-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-and-apple-safari/

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12148

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12148