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CVE-2013-0338

libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) v

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00672
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xmlsoft libxml2all versions

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4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD25 Apr 2013 · 11:55 PM

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4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10192-1
rhsaRHSA-2013:0581Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2013:0636Moderate
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