CVE-2008-3281

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-08-27

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-3281 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0836	2008-08-21
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0836	2008-08-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0836	2008-08-21

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