CVE-2007-6284

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6284
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-12 02:46:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 02:18:00 UTC
DescriptionThe xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XML containing invalid UTF-8 sequences.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ppc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All sparc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ppc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All sparc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All

References

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ASA-2008-047 (SUN 201514, Previous ID: 103201) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
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SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Bug 202628 - dev-libs/libxml2 < 2.6.30-r1 xmlCurrentChar() UTF-8 DoS (CVE-2007-6284) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
rPath update for libxml2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
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Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
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103201 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
ASA-2008-050 (RHSA-2008-0032) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
201514 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Gentoo update for libxml2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Debian update for libxml2 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX Server update for libxml2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
libxml2 'xmlCurrentChar()' UTF-8 Parsing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Mandriva update for libxml2 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Libxml2 UTF-8 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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