CVE-2008-4409

Description

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

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633

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

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

http://secunia.com/advisories/32974

http://secunia.com/advisories/32175

http://secunia.com/advisories/32130

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3