libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-03T17:18:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.832Z

Reserved: 2008-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4409

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-03T17:41:40.570

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:32:37.420

Link: CVE-2008-4409

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4409 - Bugzilla