| Name | CVE-2008-4409 |
| Description | libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u15 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u10 | fixed |
| buster | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxml2 | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| libxml2 | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[lenny] - libxml2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - libxml2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
The bug affects only to 2.7.0 and 2.7.1