CVE-2008-3281
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 2.51 % · percentile 85 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
libxml2 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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-3269
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-3281
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2009-AVI-243 — Multiples vulnérabilités de l'OS iPhone et iPod Touch d'Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2009-AVI-223 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple Safari · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2008-AVI-433 — Vulnérabilité dans libxml2 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 2.6.32cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.0cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.0.0 < 3.0cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31855
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32807
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31590
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31728
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32488
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31566
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32974
- http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31558
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31748
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |