Resource management error in NaviServer and Libxml2 - CVE-2012-0841
Published: August 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45692
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0841
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources with the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
NaviServer
Libxml2
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
libxml2 (Alpine package)
Libxml2
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
libxml2 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0841
Install updates from vendor's website.
Libxml2 - update to 2.8.0
libxml2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.7.7-r5
libxml2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.7.7-r5
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660846
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0324.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026723
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2417
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/22/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52107
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0841_denial_of