CVE-2004-0989

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0989
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_2.0 All All All
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 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
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 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 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
Application Xmlstarlet Command Line Xml Toolkit 0.9.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Libxml2 Multiple Buffer Overflows SECUNIA secunia.com
11179 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
'libxml2 remote buffer overflows (not in xml parsing code though)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
11180 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-582-1 libxml DEBIAN www.debian.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
P-029: libxml and libxml2 Buffer Overflow CIAC www.ciac.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Libxml2 URL Parsing and DNS Resolution Buffer Overflows May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
11324 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Libxml2 Multiple Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libxml2: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow GENTOO www.gentoo.org
APPLE-SA-2005-01-25 Security Update 2005-001 APPLE lists.apple.com
usn/usn-89-1 - Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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