CVE-2004-0989

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0989
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_2.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml 1.8.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.6 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.7 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.9 All All All
Application Xmlstarlet Command Line Xml Toolkit 0.9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/11179 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Libxml2 Multiple Buffer Overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2005-01-25 Security Update 2005-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
www.osvdb.org/11324 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-582-1 libxml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Libxml2 Multiple Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
P-029: libxml and libxml2 Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.osvdb.org/11180 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
'libxml2 remote buffer overflows (not in xml parsing code though)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libxml2: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
usn/usn-89-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Libxml2 URL Parsing and DNS Resolution Buffer Overflows May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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