CVE-2009-2414

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Scores

Weaknesses (CWE)

• CWE-119

European references

• ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2009-2410
• GCVE · GCVE-0-2009-2414

CERT-FR advisories

• CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTFR-2014-AVI-480 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTA-2009-AVI-513 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTA-2009-AVI-496 — Multiples vulnérabilités de Apple Safari · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTA-2009-AVI-487 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple MacOS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTA-2009-AVI-399 — Multiples vulnérabilités de StarOffice et StarSuite · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTA-2009-AVI-355 — Multiples vulnérabilités du navigateur Google Chrome · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTA-2009-AVI-335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans libxml2 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

• cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

References

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36631
• http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
• http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36417
• http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
• http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949
• http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35036
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36338
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8639
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10129
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37346
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36207

Sources