PT-2008-1094 · Gentoo Linux · Libxml2

Christian Weiske · Published 2008-10-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-4409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 versions prior to 2.7.2-r1

Description The issue affects the libxml2 package in Gentoo Linux, potentially leading to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities can be carried out remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.7.2-r1, update to version 2.7.2-r1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XML Entity Expansion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-776

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09349

CVE-2008-4409

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10192-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10228-1

Affected Products

Libxml2

References · 55

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32454 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660 · Exploit
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4409 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10192-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10228-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09349 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32175 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0191 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4483 · Note