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CVE-2008-3281 Detail

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.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Mailing List 
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html Broken Link 
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Mailing List  Patch 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192 Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783 Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 Broken Link 
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086 Issue Tracking 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812 Broken Link 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ Broken Link 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html Mailing List 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html Mailing List 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3281
NVD Published Date:
08/27/2008
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.