libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka “internal entity expansion” with linear complexity.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
ubuntu_linux | eq | 8.4 lts | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 11.10 | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 12.10 | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 12.4 lts | |
ubuntu_linux | eq | 10.4 lts | |
opensuse | eq | 12.3 | |
opensuse | eq | 12.2 | |
opensuse | eq | 12.1 | |
libxml2 | eq | 2.2.0 | |
libxml2 | eq | 2.2.2 |
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
secunia.com/advisories/52662
secunia.com/advisories/55568
www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2