Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2008-3281
CVE-2008-3281
(Last updated February 03, 2024) ▾
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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.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
6.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Vendors
- apple,
- canonical,
- debian,
- fedoraproject,
- redhat,
- vmware,
- xmlsoft
Products
- debian linux 4.0,
- enterprise linux desktop 3.0,
- enterprise linux desktop 4.0,
- enterprise linux desktop 5.0,
- enterprise linux eus 4.7,
- enterprise linux eus 5.2,
- enterprise linux server 2.0,
- enterprise linux server 3.0,
- enterprise linux server 4.0,
- enterprise linux server 5.0,
- enterprise linux workstation 2.0,
- enterprise linux workstation 3.0,
- enterprise linux workstation 4.0,
- enterprise linux workstation 5.0,
- esx 2.5.4,
- esx 2.5.5,
- esx 3.0.2,
- esx 3.0.3,
- fedora 9,
- iphone os,
- libxml2,
- safari,
- ubuntu linux 6.06,
- ubuntu linux 7.04,
- ubuntu linux 7.10,
- ubuntu linux 8.04
References
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