CVE-2008-3529 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 http://secunia.com/advisories/31860 http://secunia.com/advisories/31868 http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 http://secunia.com/advisories/32265 http://secunia.com/advisories/32280 http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 http://secunia.com/advisories/33715 http://secunia.com/advisories/33722 http://secunia.com/advisories/35056 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 http://secunia.com/advisories/36173 http://secunia.com/advisories/36235 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1020855 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-126356-03-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141243-01-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247346-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261688-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265329-1 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-400.htm http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-025.htm http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1654 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0884.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31126 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2822 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1298 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461015 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45085 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11760 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A6103 https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8798