gsd-2003-1564
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka the "billion laughs attack."
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2003-1564


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    "description": "libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka the \"billion laughs attack.\"",
    "id": "GSD-2003-1564",
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      "id": "GSD-2003-1564",
      "modified": "2023-12-13T01:22:13.922942Z",
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