CVE-2008-3281

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    CVE-2008-3281

    Published: 27 Aug 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31558, http://secunia.com/advisories/31566, http://secunia.com/advisories/31590, http://secunia.com/advisories/31728, http://secunia.com/advisories/31748, http://secunia.com/advisories/31855, http://secunia.com/advisories/31982, http://secunia.com/advisories/32488, http://secunia.com/advisories/32807, http://secunia.com/advisories/32974, http://secunia.com/advisories/35379, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621, http://xmlsoft.org/news.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html, http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html, http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html, http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html, http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812, https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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