CVE-2014-3660
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 4, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 14, 2014
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- 59903third-party-advisory
- https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html
- DSA-3057vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
- 70644vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1330vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff
- 61966third-party-advisory
- 61965third-party-advisory
- USN-2389-1vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-3vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20141017 libxml2 issue: billioun laughs variant (CVE-2014-3660)mailing-list
- MDVSA-2014:244vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2014:1655vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2014:1885vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149084
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- 61991third-party-advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2372vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
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