CVE-2008-3281

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Mailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html Broken Link
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Mailing List Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31566 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31590 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31728 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31748 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32488 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 Third Party Advisory
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783 Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 Broken Link
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086 Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812 Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html Mailing List
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2008-08-27 20:41

Updated : 2024-02-02 15:02


NVD link : CVE-2008-3281

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3281

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-3281


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Products Affected

apple

  • iphone_os
  • safari

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_eus
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_desktop

xmlsoft

  • libxml2

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

debian

  • debian_linux

vmware

  • esx
CWE
CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')