ghsa-34h5-p5c9-pjw6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-02 00:09
Modified
2022-05-02 00:09
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-4409"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-10-03T17:41:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-34h5-p5c9-pjw6",
  "modified": "2022-05-02T00:09:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T00:09:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4409"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32130"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32175"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32974"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35379"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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