CVE-2014-3660 Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBXML2-429601
  • published4 Nov 2014
  • disclosed4 Nov 2014

Introduced: 4 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-3660  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libxml2 to version 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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