CVE-2008-4226

CVE Details

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

Description

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	10.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
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