CVE-2008-3281 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-3281

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during...

Vulnerability Description

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libxml2, safari, iphone os, fedora, ubuntu linux, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 9, 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 4.0, 3.0, 5.0, 4.7, 5.2, 2.0, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0.2, 3.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: August 27th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.