CVE-2008-4409 (GCVE-0-2008-4409)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-03 17:18
Modified
2024-08-07 10:17
Severity ?
Summary
libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32130
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32175
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32974
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35379
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32130
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32175
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html
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