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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-6284
The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers...
Vulnerability Description
The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XML containing invalid UTF-8 sequences.
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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28439
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28466
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103201-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1461
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/569-1/
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490306/100/0/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28444
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0117
- http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28740
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28475
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11594
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486410/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-047.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28458
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29591
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-050.htm
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000009.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28470
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28450
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202628
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28452
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019181
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
January 12th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 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.