CVE-2014-3660

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59903
• https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3057
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70644
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61966
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61965
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2389-1
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/17/7
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:244
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1655.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1885.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149084
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61991
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

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