The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XML containing invalid UTF-8 sequences.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06712.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a n/a affected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected
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Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:3.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:4.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
libxml2-0:2.4.19-7.ent cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1 RHSA-2008:0032 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
libxml2-0:2.5.10-8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3 RHSA-2008:0032 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
libxml2-0:2.6.16-10.1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 RHSA-2008:0032 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.2.1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2008:0032 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1461-1 New libxml2 packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6252 The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XML containing invalid UTF-8 sequences.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-569-1 libxml2 vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202628 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28439 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28444 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28450 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28452 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28458 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28466 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28470 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28475 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28716 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28740 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29591 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019181 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103201-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-047.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-050.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1461 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486410/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490306/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27248 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0117 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6284 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11594 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5216 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/569-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6284 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:02:36.031Z

Reserved: 2007-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6284

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-01-12T02:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-6284

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6284 - Bugzilla

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