6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-3281
Libxml2 Entity Expansion Infinite Recursion Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 27, 2008, 8:41 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 2, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-3281
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2008-3281.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-3281 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-3281 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Broken Link, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html No Types Assigned http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Exploit http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31566 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31566 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31590 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31590 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31728 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31728 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31748 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31748 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32488 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32488 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 No Types Assigned http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html No Types Assigned http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://xmlsoft.org/news.html No Types Assigned http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html No Types Assigned https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html Mailing List Removed CWE NIST CWE-399 Added CWE NIST CWE-776 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.32 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.32 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.0 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-644-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6496 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9812 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 28, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity
being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS
score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-3281 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-3281
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.73 }} -0.06%
score
0.80793
percentile
CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
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