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CVE-2008-3281

First published: Wed Aug 06 2008(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.4.19
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.11
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.13
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.14
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.2
Xmlsoft Libxml2<=2.6.32
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.5.11
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.1
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.4.23
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.12
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.0
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.5.4
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.5.10
Xmlsoft Libxml2=2.6.3
Apple Safari<4.0
Apple iPhone OS>=1.0.0<3.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=9
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=6.06
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=7.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=7.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=8.04
Debian Debian Linux=4.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=3.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=4.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=4.7
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=5.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=2.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=3.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=4.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=2.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=3.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=4.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=5.0
VMware ESX=2.5.4
VMware ESX=2.5.5
VMware ESX=3.0.2
VMware ESX=3.0.3

Remedy

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783

Remedy

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html

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