| ID |
CVE-2008-4409
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| 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. Patch Information - http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783/solution |
| References |
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| Vulnerable Configurations |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 5.0 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:32) |
| Impact: | |
| Exploitability: | |
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| CWE |
CWE-399 |
| CAPEC |
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| Access |
| Vector | Complexity | Authentication |
| NETWORK |
LOW |
NONE |
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| Impact |
| Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
| NONE |
NONE |
PARTIAL |
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| cvss-vector
via4
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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| refmap
via4
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| apple | - APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1
| | bid | 31555 | | confirm | | | fedora | - FEDORA-2008-8575
- FEDORA-2008-8582
| | gentoo | GLSA-200812-06 | | mandriva | MDVSA-2008:212 | | mlist | [oss-security] 20081002 libxml2 "ampproblem" DoS | | secunia | | | vupen | - ADV-2009-1522
- ADV-2009-1621
| | xf | libxml2-xml-file-dos(45633) |
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| statements
via4
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| contributor | Tomas Hoger | | lastmodified | 2017-08-07 | | organization | Red Hat | | statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libxml2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. |
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| Last major update |
08-08-2017 - 01:32 |
| Published |
03-10-2008 - 17:41 |
| Last modified |
08-08-2017 - 01:32 |
