Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1631-2 libxml2 -- denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 22 Aug 2008
- Affected Packages:
- libxml2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3281.
- More information:
-
Andreas Solberg discovered that libxml2, the GNOME XML library, could be forced to recursively evaluate entities, until available CPU and memory resources were exhausted.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.27.dfsg-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-doc_2.6.27.dfsg-4_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_ia64.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.