NASLDB: USN-640-1 : libxml2 vulnerability
General
ID: 34094
Name: USN-640-1 : libxml2 vulnerability
Summary: Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)
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Classification
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CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
Andreas Solberg discovered that libxml2 did not handle recursive
entities safely. If an application linked against libxml2 were made
to process a specially crafted XML document, a remote attacker could
exhaust the system’s CPU resources, leading to a denial of service.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –
Sources
CVE: CVE-2008-3281
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Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2008/09/03
Plugin Release: 2008/09/05
Plugin
Version: 1.8
Filename: ubuntu_USN-640-1.nasl
Filesize: 5328 bytes
MD5 Hash: 8772c785380598e1fd828dc9b85bd70a
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: –
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