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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32130 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32175 ↗
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633 ↗
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660 ↗