CVE-2004-0989
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 22%
Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.
Products: xmlsoft libxml, xmlsoft libxml2, xmlstarlet command_line_xml_toolkit, redhat fedora_core, trustix secure_linux, ubuntu_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | libxml2 | 2.6.11-5 |
| Debian 13 | libxml2 | 2.6.11-5 |
| Debian 14 | libxml2 | 2.6.11-5 |
| Debian 3.0 | libxml | 1.8.17-2woody2 |
| Debian 3.0 | libxml2 | 2.4.19-4woody2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml | 1:1.8.17-9.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml-debuginfo | 1:1.8.17-9.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml-devel | 1:1.8.17-9.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml2 | 0:2.5.10-7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml2-debuginfo | 0:2.5.10-7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml2-devel | 0:2.5.10-7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libxml2-python | 0:2.5.10-7 |