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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3529 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31558 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31855 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31860 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31868 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32265 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32280 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32807 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33715 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35056 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36173 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36235 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020855 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-126356-03-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141243-01-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247346-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-261688-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265329-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-400.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-025.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0325 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1654 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:192 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0884.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0886.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2822 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461015 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45085 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11760 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6103 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8798 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3529
NVD Published Date:
09/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.