CVE-2013-0338

Description

libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.35%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/52662 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 third party advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0338?
CVE-2013-0338 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0338?
To fix CVE-2013-0338, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0338 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-0338 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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