{"id":"CVE-2008-3281","details":"libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:40:00.867982Z","published":"2008-08-27T20:41:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31558"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31566"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31590"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31728"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31748"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31855"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31982"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32488"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32807"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32974"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35379"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:180"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-640-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0017.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2419"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2843"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2971"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://xmlsoft.org/news.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00261.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458086"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000039.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libxml2?view=revision&revision=3772"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497962/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30783"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020728"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6496"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}