CVE-2013-0338

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductXmlsoft Libxml2
PublishedApr 25, 2013
First seenApr 25, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xmlsoft libxml2v ≤ 2.9.0, 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.8.9, 1.8.10, 1.8.13, 1.8.14, 1.8.16, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.12, 2.3.13, 2.3.14, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 2.4.9, 2.4.10, 2.4.11, 2.4.12, 2.4.13, 2.4.14, 2.4.15, 2.4.16, 2.4.17, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20, 2.4.21, 2.4.22, 2.4.23, 2.4.24, 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.4.27, 2.4.28, 2.4.29, 2.4.30, 2.5.0, 2.5.4, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.10, 2.5.11, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.16, 2.6.17, 2.6.18, 2.6.20, 2.6.21, 2.6.22, 2.6.23, 2.6.24, 2.6.25, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, 2.6.28, 2.6.29, 2.6.30, 2.6.31, 2.6.32, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.7.8, 2.9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—
opensuse opensuse12.1, 12.2, 12.3—

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