parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-11-04T16:00:00

Updated: 2016-12-06T18:57:01

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2014-3660

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-04T16:55:06.043

Modified: 2016-12-08T03:05:40.590


Link: CVE-2014-3660

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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