CVE-2008-4409
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Published: October 3, 2008 at 05:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLIBXML2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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.
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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html
References (18)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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