CVE-2009-2414
libxml - several issues
EPSS 1.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-2414
To remediate CVE-2009-2414, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxml—upgrade to 1:1.8.17-14+etch1 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.27.dfsg-6+etch1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2414 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1:1.8.17-14+etch1
- from 0, < 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1
- from 0, < 2.6.27.dfsg-6+etch1