Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 247346 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1019840.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6755235 Product Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System Date of Resolved Release 15-Jan-2009 A Security Vulnerability in the libxml2 Library May Lead to Denial of Service (DoS) 1. Impact A security vulnerability in the libxml2 library (see libxml2(3)) bundled with Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 may allow a local or remote unprivileged user who provides a specially crafted XML file to cause a denial of service (DoS) to the application which is using the libxml2 library (or potentially to the system as a whole as the application may consume excessive resources). This vulnerability may impact applications making use of this library, and the precise impact will vary depending on the application. Additional information regarding this issue is available in the following document: CVE-2008-3529 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3529
2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform
3. Symptoms If this issue is exploited, the application which makes use of the libxml2 library to process the crafted XML file may be unresponsive, possibly consuming all available CPU or memory resources while looping. Commands such as prstat(1M) can be used to determine the utilization of system resources, as in the following example: $ prstat -s cpu 4. Workaround There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below. 5. Resolution SPARC Platform
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