CVE-2008-4225

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-11-25
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large XML document.

See more information about CVE-2008-4225 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0988	2008-11-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0988	2008-11-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2008-0988	2008-11-17