CVE-2008-3281
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.8%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsoft:libxml2 | xmlsoft libxml2 | le | 2.6.32 |
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html
mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
secunia.com/advisories/31558
secunia.com/advisories/31566
secunia.com/advisories/31590
secunia.com/advisories/31728
secunia.com/advisories/31748
secunia.com/advisories/31855
secunia.com/advisories/31982
secunia.com/advisories/32488
secunia.com/advisories/32807
secunia.com/advisories/32974
secunia.com/advisories/35379
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783
www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
xmlsoft.org/news.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html
usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.8%