CVE-2012-0841

medium
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Description

libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660846

http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0324.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/54886

http://secunia.com/advisories/55568

http://securitytracker.com/id?1026723

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2417

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/22/1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52107

http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0841_denial_of

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-12-21

Updated: 2014-01-28

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

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cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Configuration 2

OR

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cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 6.1.4 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (34 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
89038VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2012-0013) (remote check)NessusMisc.
high
89037VMware ESX / ESXi libxml2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2012-0012) (remote check)NessusMisc.
high
83599SUSE SLES10 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2013:1627-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
80957Juniper Junos libxml2 Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (JSA10669)NessusJunos Local Security Checks
high
80688Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libxml2 (cve_2011_0216_denial_of)NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
high
75938openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0342-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
74577openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0421-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
72105Apple iTunes < 11.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)NessusPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
high
72104Apple iTunes < 11.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)NessusWindows
high
70884ESXi 5.0 < Build 764879 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)NessusMisc.
high
70589Apple iTunes < 11.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)NessusPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
high
70588Apple iTunes < 11.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)NessusWindows
high
70257Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusMisc.
high
69984Apple iOS < 7 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusMobile Devices
high
69659Amazon Linux AMI : libxml2 (ALAS-2012-52)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68721Oracle Linux 6 : mingw32-libxml2 (ELSA-2013-0217)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
68489Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : libxml2 (ELSA-2012-0324)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
64425Scientific Linux Security Update : mingw32-libxml2 on SL6.x (x86_64) (20130131)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
64391RHEL 6 : mingw32-libxml2 (RHSA-2013:0217)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
64384CentOS 6 : mingw32-libxml2 (CESA-2013:0217)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
8095iTunes for Windows < 11.1.4 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
64203SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 5869)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
62324Fedora 16 : libxml2-2.7.8-8.fc16 (2012-13824)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
62323Fedora 17 : libxml2-2.7.8-9.fc17 (2012-13820)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
61747VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party librariesNessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
critical
61268Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
59966VMSA-2012-0012 : VMware ESXi update to third-party libraryNessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
high
59163SuSE 10 Security Update : libxml2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7997)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
58214GLSA-201203-04 : libxml2: Denial of ServiceNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
medium
58145Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-1376-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
58097Debian DSA-2417-1 : libxml2 - computational denial of serviceNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
58096CentOS 6 : libxml2 (CESA-2012:0324)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
58086RHEL 5 / 6 : libxml2 (RHSA-2012:0324)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
8013Apple iOS < 7.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorMobile Devices
critical