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CVE-2008-3281
published 2008-08-27

CVE-2008-3281: 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…

medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
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

36 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleiphone_os>= 1.0.0 < 3.03.0
applesafari< 4.04.0
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlibxml2< libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-3 (bookworm)libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-3 (bookworm)
debianlibxml2
fedoraprojectfedora
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop
redhatenterprise_linux_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation
vmwareesx
vmwareesx

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd5.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM