CVE-2008-3281
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · CWE-776
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.htmlPatch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31558
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31566
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31590