gsd-2008-4409
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
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"accessVector": "NETWORK",
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"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
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"lastModifiedDate": "2017-08-08T01:32Z",
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}
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