CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-0339
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-01-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
libxml2 through 2.9.1 does not properly handle external entities expansion unless an application developer uses the xmlSAX2ResolveEntity or xmlSetExternalEntityLoader function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption), send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: it could be argued that because libxml2 already provides the ability to disable external entity expansion, the responsibility for resolving this issue lies with application developers; according to this argument, this entry should be REJECTed and each affected application would need its own CVE.
Affected configurations
• xmlsoft libxml2 (<= 2.9.1)
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.7.0
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.7.1
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.7.2
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.7.3
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.7.4
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.0
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.1
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.2
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.3
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.4
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.5
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.6
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.7
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.9
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.10
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.13
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.14
• xmlsoft libxml2 1.8.16
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.0.0
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.1.0
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.1.1
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.0
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.1
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.2
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.3
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.4
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.5
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.6
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.7
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.8
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.9
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.10
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.2.11
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.0
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.1
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.2
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.3
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.4
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.5
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.6
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.7
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.8
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.9
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.10
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.11
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.12
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.13
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.3.14
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.1
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.2
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.3
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.4
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.5
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.6
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.7
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.8
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.9
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.10
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.11
… and 73 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/21/24 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/3 openwall.com
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/182 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/184 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/188 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52662 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54172 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915149 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4629ee02ac649c27f9c0cf98ba017c6b5526070f Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/21/24 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/3 openwall.com
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/182 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/184 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/188 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52662 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54172 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915149 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4629ee02ac649c27f9c0cf98ba017c6b5526070f Exploit, Patch