CVE-2008-4409
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 3, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- ADV-2009-1621vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8575vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-1522vdb-entry
- GLSA-200812-06vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081002 libxml2 "ampproblem" DoSmailing-list
- 32130third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:212vendor-advisory
- 35379third-party-advisory
- 31555vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-8582vendor-advisory
- 32974third-party-advisory
- 32175third-party-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- libxml2-xml-file-dos(45633)vdb-entry
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660
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