CVE-2004-0989 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2004-0989

Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and...

10 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

xmlsoft

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Affected Software

libxml, libxml2, command line xml toolkit, fedora core, secure linux, ubuntu linux

Vulnerable Versions:

1.8.17, 2.5.11, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 0.9.1, core_2.0, 2.0, 2.1, 4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: October 28th, 2004

Last Modified: August 8th, 2024

Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.