National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3281

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: BID

Name: 30783

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-7395

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-7594

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0836

Hyperlink:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Hyperlink:http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1621

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1522

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-644-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-644-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-640-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020728

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081031 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:192

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:180

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2971

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2971

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2843

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2843

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2419

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2419

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1631

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772

Hyperlink:http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200812-06

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35379

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32974

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32974

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32807

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32807

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32488

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32488

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31982

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31982

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31855

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31855

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31748

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31748

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31728

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31728

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31590

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31590

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31566

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31566

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31558

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31558

External Source: MLIST

Name: [xml] 20080820 Security fix for libxml2

Hyperlink:http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Security-announce] 20081030 VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:018

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html