CVE-2003-1564
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Summary
libxml2, possibly before 2.5.0, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka the "billion laughs attack."
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31868
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html
- http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31868
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://www.stylusstudio.com/xmldev/200302/post20020.html
- http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/65843/time_to_upgrade_libxml2
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html
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