CVE-2009-2416

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2416
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-11 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 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 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Application Sun Openoffice.org All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 10.0 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 11.0 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.0 - All All
Application Vmware Vma 4.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml 1.8.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml 1.8.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.27 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.32 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.26 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.27 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.32 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Codenomicon Labs | XML Security and Fuzzing MISC www.codenomicon.com
Bug 515205 – CVE-2009-2416 libxml, libxml2, mingw32-libxml2: Pointer use-after-free flaws by parsing Notation and Enumeration attribute types CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE-2009-2414 / CVE-2009-2416 CONFIRM www.openoffice.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
OpenOffice.org Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Fedora update for mingw32-libxml2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Advisory on XML libraries MISC www.cert.fi
APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 Security Update 2009-006 / Mac OS X v10.6.2 APPLE lists.apple.com
libxml2 DTD Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-fre MISC www.mail-archive.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:015 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
About the security content of iOS 4 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-2416 MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Google Chrome Releases: Stable Update: Security fixes CONFIRM googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
USN-815-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1 iOS 4 APPLE lists.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
libxml2 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Bug#540865: libxml2: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416 pointer-user-after-fre MLIST www.mail-archive.com Exploit
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
libxml2 - XML parser and markup toolkit CONFIRM git.gnome.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: mingw32-libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc11 FEDORA www.redhat.com
VMSA-2009-0016.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
Sun libxml2 DTD Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1 Safari 4.0.4 APPLE lists.apple.com
XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python libraries - Network World MISC www.networkworld.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1859-1 libxml2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
About the security content of Safari 4.0.4 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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