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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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Debian DSA |
DSA-2652-1 | libxml2 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2013-0350 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1782-1 | libxml2 vulnerability |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T14:25:09.526Z
Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-0338
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-04-25T23:55:01.500
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2013-0338
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN