CVE-2009-2414

NameCVE-2009-2414
DescriptionStack 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1859-1, DSA-1861-1
Debian Bugs540865

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxml2 (PTS)bullseye2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5fixed
bookworm2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxmlsourceetch1:1.8.17-14+etch1DSA-1861-1
libxmlsource(unstable)(unfixed)
libxml2sourceetch2.6.27.dfsg-6+etch1DSA-1859-1
libxml2sourcelenny2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny1DSA-1859-1
libxml2source(unstable)2.7.3.dfsg-2.1medium540865

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