CVE-2009-2414

Publication date 11 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml 10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 1:1.8.17-14.1ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
libxml2 10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 2.6.32.dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 2.6.32.dfsg-4ubuntu1.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-815-1
    • libxml2 vulnerabilities
    • 11 August 2009

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