fkie_cve-2007-6284
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-01-12 02:46
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via XML containing invalid UTF-8 sequences.
References
Impacted products
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"value": "La funci\u00f3n xmlCurrentChar de libxml2, en versiones anteriores a la 2.6.31, permite que algunos atacantes, dependiendo del contexto, provoquen denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (por bucle infinito) usando un XML que contenga secuencias no v\u00e1lidas de UTF-8.\r\n\r\n"
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"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11594"
},
{
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},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/569-1/"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html"
},
{
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"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html"
}
],
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}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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