CVE-2013-0339

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2013-0339

    CVE-2013-0339

    Published: 21 Jan 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libxml2 through 2.9.1 does not properly handle external entities expansion unless an application developer uses the xmlSAX2ResolveEntity or xmlSetExternalEntityLoader function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption), send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: it could be argued that because libxml2 already provides the ability to disable external entity expansion, the responsibility for resolving this issue lies with application developers; according to this argument, this entry should be REJECTed and each affected application would need its own CVE.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/52662, http://secunia.com/advisories/54172, http://secunia.com/advisories/55568, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2, https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4629ee02ac649c27f9c0cf98ba017c6b5526070f, https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4629ee02ac649c27f9c0cf98ba017c6b5526070f, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915149, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/21/24, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/3, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/182, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/184, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/188, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/6

    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