CVE-2013-0338
libxml2 - external entity expansion
EPSS 0.67%
Description
libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity.
How to fix CVE-2013-0338
To remediate CVE-2013-0338, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze7 or later
Is CVE-2013-0338 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1
- from 0, < 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze7