49993 : libxml2 xmlSAX2Characters() Function XML File Parsing Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-11-18

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4226" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-11-26 | Disagree?

Blogs

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2008/11/24 10:43:54 | (SSA) libxml2

from: Planeta Livre

[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2008-324-01) New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12 ... =CVE-2008-4225 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226 Here are the details ... =CVE-2008-4226 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages

2008/11/24 10:41:56 | Wed Nov 19 19:52:15 CST 2008

from: Planeta Livre

a/acpid-1.0.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to acpid-1.0.8. /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh will be installed as a ... /cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4225 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226

2008/11/20 23:29:30 | Security Update: libxml2

from: SlackBlogs

One security update has been released along with bunch of updates in x/ directory ... ://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226 (* Security fix *) x/compiz-0.7.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded

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