CVE-2009-2414

mingw32-libxml2: Stack overflow by parsing root XML element DTD definition

Published Aug 11, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1859-1 New libxml2 packages fix several issues
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1861-1 New libxml packages fix several issues
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2410 Stack consumption vulnerability in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large depth of element declarations in a DTD, related to a function recursion, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-815-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35036 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36207 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36338 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36417 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36631 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37346 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1859 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg678527.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36010 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=489f9671e71cc44a97b23111b3126ac8a1e21a59 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2414 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10129 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8639 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2414 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00547.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00642.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:52 AM
Reserved
Jul 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 11, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:09 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 10, 2009, 12:00 AM