Vulnerability CVE-2007-6284


Published: 2008-01-11   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-399

(Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Fedora 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux corporate server 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202628
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000009.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019181
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103201-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-047.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-050.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1461
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486410/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490306/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27248
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0117
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11594
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5216
https://usn.ubuntu.com/569-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html

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