CVE-2008-3281

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3281
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-27 20:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionlibxml2 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-776 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 4.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 5.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.5.4 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 2.5.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.3 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libxml2-2.6.32-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xmlsoft.org Release Notes
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:180 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
About the security content of Safari 4.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 458086 – CVE-2008-3281 libxml2 denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-644-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Libxml2 Recursive Entity Evaluation Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:192 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
VMware ESX Server update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Red Hat update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
USN-640-1: libxml2 vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1631-2 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
VUPEN Security - Offensive Cyber Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
libxml2 Recursive Entity Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMSA-2008-0017.2 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora 9 Update: libxml2-2.7.1-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Debian update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 Safari 4.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Broken Link, Mailing List
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0017 Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Broken Link
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rPath update for libxml2 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Fedora update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Gentoo update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Ubuntu update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[xml] Security fix for libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.gnome.org Mailing List, Patch
svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.gnome.org Broken Link
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
Libxml2 Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
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