DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3281

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3281

    Published: 27 Aug 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-3281

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3281

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.32.dfsg-3

    Affected versions

    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