CVE-2008-3281
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 27, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
11 products affected across 7 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraiPhone OS
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0
Affected range stops below 3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 4.0
Affected range stops below 4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
References (42)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEBroken LinkMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31558Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31566Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31590CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-776
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