VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-0338
libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.86%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.86% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- xmlsoft/libxml2 · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.