Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-4409 | First vendor Publication | 2008-10-03 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2017-08-08 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4409 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for libxml2 MDVSA-2008:212 (libxml2) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_212.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for libxml2 FEDORA-2008-8575 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8575_libxml2_fc9.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for libxml2 FEDORA-2008-8582 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8582_libxml2_fc8.nasl |
| 2008-12-03 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-06 (libxml2) File : nvt/glsa_200812_06.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 48754 | libxml2 Predefined Entity Definition Crafted XML File Handling DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-06-09 | Name : The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several vulnerabil... File : macosx_Safari4_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-06-09 | Name : The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several vulnerabil... File : safari_4.0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-12-03 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200812-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8575.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2021-05-04 12:08:08 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:08:29 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:22:21 |
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| 2017-08-08 09:24:25 |
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| 2016-04-26 17:53:10 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:46:51 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:27:45 |
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