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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-03T17:18:00

Updated: 2017-08-07T12:57:01

Reserved: 2008-10-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2008-4409

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-03T17:41:40.570

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:32:37.420


Link: CVE-2008-4409

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