Libxml2 Hash Table Collision Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1026723 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1026723
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-0841
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 22 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Libxml2. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted message to cause the target XML service to consume excessive CPU resources by causing hash table collisions.
Juraj Somorovsky reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can consume excessive CPU resources on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a
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Vendor URL: xmlsoft.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:55:17 +0000
Subject: Libxml2
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CVE-2012-0841
http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a
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