Vulnerability CVE-2009-2414
Published: 2009-08-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Xmlsoft -> Libxml 
Xmlsoft -> Libxml2 

 References:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg678527.html
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10129
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8639
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html
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