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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 25, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified