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CVE-2008-3281

Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

Published 2008-08-27 · CVE record · OSV

Products: xmlsoft libxml2, apple safari, apple iphone_os, fedoraproject fedora, canonical ubuntu_linux, debian_linux, redhat enterprise_linux_desktop, redhat enterprise_linux_eus, redhat enterprise_linux_server, redhat enterprise_linux_workstation, vmware esx

Distro releases

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian 12libxml22.6.32.dfsg-3
Debian 13libxml22.6.32.dfsg-3
Debian 14libxml22.6.32.dfsg-3
Debian 4.0libxml22.6.27.dfsg-3
Debian 5.0libxml22.6.32.dfsg-2+lenny1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1libxml20:2.4.19-9.ent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1libxml2-devel0:2.4.19-9.ent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1libxml2-python0:2.4.19-9.ent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3libxml20:2.5.10-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3libxml2-debuginfo0:2.5.10-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3libxml2-devel0:2.5.10-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3libxml2-python0:2.5.10-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4libxml20:2.6.16-12.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4libxml2-debuginfo0:2.6.16-12.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4libxml2-devel0:2.6.16-12.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4libxml2-python0:2.6.16-12.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5libxml20:2.6.26-2.1.2.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5libxml2-debuginfo0:2.6.26-2.1.2.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5libxml2-devel0:2.6.26-2.1.2.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5libxml2-python0:2.6.26-2.1.2.4