CVE-2008-4409 Information

Description

libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle \predefined entities definitions\ in entities which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.

Reference

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4 http://secunia.com/advisories/32130 http://secunia.com/advisories/32175 http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45633 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html