CVE-2013-0338
Libxml2 Entity Expansion Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 25, 2013, 11:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:47 a.m.
Source :
secalert@redhat.com
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2013-0338
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2013-0338.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2013-0338 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2013-0338 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.
-
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/52662 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400 Added Reference https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jun. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/5 Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/535181/100/0/threaded Removed Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131271/VMware-Security-Advisory-2015-0003.html -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Apr. 15, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131271/VMware-Security-Advisory-2015-0003.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/535181/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/5 -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Apr. 07, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2 -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jan. 22, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html -
Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Apr. 26, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-0338 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-2013-0338
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.35 }} 0.11%
score
0.54461
percentile