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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-0841
libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability...
Vulnerability Description
libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data.
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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0324.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/22/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2417
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660846
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0841_denial_of
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52107
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.8.9, 1.8.10, 1.8.13, 1.8.14, 1.8.16, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.12, 2.3.13, 2.3.14, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 2.4.9, 2.4.10, 2.4.11, 2.4.12, 2.4.13, 2.4.14, 2.4.15, 2.4.16, 2.4.17, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20, 2.4.21, 2.4.22, 2.4.23, 2.4.24, 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.4.27, 2.4.28, 2.4.29, 2.4.30, 2.5.0, 2.5.4, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.10, 2.5.11, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.16, 2.6.17, 2.6.18, 2.6.20, 2.6.21, 2.6.22, 2.6.23, 2.6.24, 2.6.25, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, 2.6.28, 2.6.29, 2.6.30, 2.6.31, 2.6.32, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.5, 4.2.8, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.5, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 21st, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.