FrSIRT - Libxml2 "xmlCurrentChar()" UTF-8 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Libxml2 "xmlCurrentChar()" UTF-8 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : Libxml2 "xmlCurrentChar()" UTF-8 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0117
CVE ID : CVE-2007-6284
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-14

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Libxml2, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0117
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Brad Fitzpatrick (Google).

ChangeLog

2008-01-14 : Initial release

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