CVE-2008-3529

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-09-12

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.

See more information about CVE-2008-3529 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:	10	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0884	2008-09-11
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0884	2008-09-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0884	2008-09-11

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