CVE-2009-2414

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8639

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10129

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859

http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/

http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

http://secunia.com/advisories/37346

http://secunia.com/advisories/36631

http://secunia.com/advisories/36417

http://secunia.com/advisories/36338

http://secunia.com/advisories/36207

http://secunia.com/advisories/35036

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3