CVE-2014-3660 (GCVE-0-2014-3660)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-11-04 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 10:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.
References
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/59903 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3057 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70644 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/61966 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/61965 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2389-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/17/7 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:244 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1655.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1885.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149084 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/61991 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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