XXE in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2008-3281
libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Safari
- VMware Esx — versions 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0.2
- Xmlsoft Libxml2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 7.04, 7.10
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 4.7, 5.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/644-1/ (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31855 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00347.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32807 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/31982 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-3281?
- CVE-2008-3281 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2008-08-27.
- How severe is CVE-2008-3281?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2008-3281 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.