CVE-2008-4225

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4225
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-25 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large XML document.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxml 2.7.2 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml 2.7.2 All All All

References

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APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update APPLE lists.apple.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do CONFIRM sunsolve.sun.com
Ubuntu update for libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Patch
Fedora update for libxml2 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2009-002 (RHSA-2008-0988) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libxml2-2.7.2-2.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
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251406 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
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265329 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
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Bug 470480 – CVE-2008-4225 libxml2: integer overflow leading to infinite loop in xmlBufferResize CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
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