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CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled
From: Stefan Cornelius <scorneli () redhat com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 17:55:38 +0200
Hi, It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substituton in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when processed, would lead to the exhaustion of CPU and memory resources or file descriptors. This issue was discovered by Daniel Berrange of Red Hat. Upstream patch: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9cd1c3cfbd32655d60572c0a413e017260c854df Red Hat bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090976 -- Stefan Cornelius / Red Hat Security Response Team
Current thread:
- CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Stefan Cornelius (May 06)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Nicolas Grégoire (May 06)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Tomas Hoger (May 06)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Nicolas Grégoire (May 06)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Timoth D. Morgan (May 08)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Tomas Hoger (May 12)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled David Jorm (Jun 02)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Tim (Jun 03)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled David Jorm (Jun 06)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Tomas Hoger (May 06)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Tim (Jun 03)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Tomas Hoger (Jun 09)
- Re: CVE-2014-0191 libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled Nicolas Grégoire (May 06)