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CVE-2014-3660 Details

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a variant of the "billion laughs" attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html CVE

see all 46 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xmlsoft libxml2
<= 2.9.1
2.0.0
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.2.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x
<= 10.10.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04
12.04
14.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

17 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-3660
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-3660 Details - Not Deferred