CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-6284
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-01-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
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.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 3.1
• debian debian linux 4.0
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2007
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2007.1
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2008.0
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 3.0
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 4.0
• redhat fedora 7
• redhat fedora 8
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202628 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000009.html lists.vmware.com
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html mail.gnome.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28439 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28444 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28450 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28452 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28458 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28466 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28470 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28475 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28716 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28740 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29591 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019181 securitytracker.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103201-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-047.htm support.avaya.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-050.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1461 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html www.novell.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486410/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490306/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27248 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0117 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references www.vupen.com
- http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html www.xmlsoft.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11594 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5216 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/569-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html www.redhat.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202628 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000009.html lists.vmware.com
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html mail.gnome.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28439 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28444 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28450 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28452 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28458 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28466 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28470 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28475 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28716 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28740 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29591 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019181 securitytracker.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103201-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-047.htm support.avaya.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-050.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1461 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html www.novell.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486410/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490306/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27248 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0117 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references www.vupen.com
- http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html www.xmlsoft.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2121 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11594 oval.cisecurity.org