CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3660
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.
Affected configurations
• xmlsoft libxml2 (<= 2.9.1)
• 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
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.12
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.13
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.14
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.15
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.16
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.17
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.18
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.19
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.20
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.21
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.22
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.23
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.24
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.25
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.26
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.27
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.28
• xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.29
… and 54 more
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 kb.juniper.net
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1655.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1885.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59903 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61965 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61966 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61991 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3057 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:244 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/17/7 Patch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70644 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2389-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149084 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html www.ncsc.nl
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 kb.juniper.net
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1655.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1885.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59903 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61965 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61966 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61991 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3057 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:244 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/17/7 Patch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70644 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2389-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149084 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html www.ncsc.nl