| Name | CVE-2008-3281 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1631-1, DTSA-158-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | source | (unstable) | 5.0.375.29~r46008-1 | |||
| libxml2 | source | etch | 2.6.27.dfsg-3 | DSA-1631-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | lenny | 2.6.32.dfsg-2+lenny1 | DTSA-158-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.32.dfsg-3 | medium |