CVE-2009-2416

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-08-11
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libxml)	ELSA-2009-1206	2009-08-10
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libxml2)	ELSA-2009-1206	2009-08-10
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libxml2)	ELSA-2009-1206	2009-08-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxml2)	ELSA-2009-1206	2009-08-10