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CVE-2009-2416

Publication date 11 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml 10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1:1.8.17-14.1ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
libxml2 10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2.6.32.dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 2.6.32.dfsg-4ubuntu1.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-815-1
    • libxml2 vulnerabilities
    • 11 August 2009

Other references