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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-3660

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.
Publish Date : 2014-11-04 Last Update Date : 2016-12-07
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
5.0
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID CWE id is not defined for this vulnerability

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
DSA-3057-1 libxml2 - security update oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27021 unix
ELSA-2014-1655 -- libxml2 security update oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27098 unix
ELSA-2014-1885 -- libxml2 security update (moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28050 unix
RHSA-2014:1655: libxml2 security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20141655 unix
RHSA-2014:1655: libxml2 security update (Moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27149 unix
RHSA-2014:1885 -- libxml2 security update (Moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27707 unix
RHSA-2014:1885: libxml2 security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20141885 unix
SUSE-SU-2014:1440-1 -- Security update for libxml2 (moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27924 unix
USN-2389-1 -- libxml2 vulnerability oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27531 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2014-3660

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Apple Mac Os X 10.10.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ~~lts~~~ Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 ~~lts~~~ Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 ~~lts~~~ Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 OS Debian Debian Linux 7.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 OS Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.0.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.1.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.0 Beta Version Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
12 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
13 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
14 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
15 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
16 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
17 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
18 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
19 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
20 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
21 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
22 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.2.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
23 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
24 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
25 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
26 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
27 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
28 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
29 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
30 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
31 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
32 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
33 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
34 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
35 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
36 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
37 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.3.14 Version Details Vulnerabilities
38 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
39 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
40 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
41 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
42 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
43 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
44 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
45 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
46 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
47 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
48 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
49 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
50 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
51 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.14 Version Details Vulnerabilities
52 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.15 Version Details Vulnerabilities
53 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.16 Version Details Vulnerabilities
54 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.17 Version Details Vulnerabilities
55 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.18 Version Details Vulnerabilities
56 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.19 Version Details Vulnerabilities
57 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.20 Version Details Vulnerabilities
58 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.21 Version Details Vulnerabilities
59 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.22 Version Details Vulnerabilities
60 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.23 Version Details Vulnerabilities
61 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.24 Version Details Vulnerabilities
62 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.25 Version Details Vulnerabilities
63 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.26 Version Details Vulnerabilities
64 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.27 Version Details Vulnerabilities
65 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.28 Version Details Vulnerabilities
66 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.29 Version Details Vulnerabilities
67 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.4.30 Version Details Vulnerabilities
68 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
69 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
70 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
71 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
72 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
73 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.5.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
74 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
75 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
76 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
77 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
78 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
79 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
80 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
81 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
82 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
83 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
84 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
85 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
86 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
87 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.14 Version Details Vulnerabilities
88 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.16 Version Details Vulnerabilities
89 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.17 Version Details Vulnerabilities
90 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.18 Version Details Vulnerabilities
91 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.20 Version Details Vulnerabilities
92 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.21 Version Details Vulnerabilities
93 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.22 Version Details Vulnerabilities
94 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.23 Version Details Vulnerabilities
95 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.24 Version Details Vulnerabilities
96 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.25 Version Details Vulnerabilities
97 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.26 Version Details Vulnerabilities
98 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.27 Version Details Vulnerabilities
99 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.28 Version Details Vulnerabilities
100 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.29 Version Details Vulnerabilities
101 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.30 Version Details Vulnerabilities
102 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.31 Version Details Vulnerabilities
103 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.6.32 Version Details Vulnerabilities
104 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
105 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
106 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
107 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
108 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
109 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
110 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
111 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
112 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.7.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
113 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.8.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
114 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
115 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.0 RC1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
116 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Apple Mac Os X 1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 3
Debian Debian Linux 1
Redhat Enterprise Linux 1
Xmlsoft Libxml2 110

- References For CVE-2014-3660

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2014:1330
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 CONFIRM
https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1655.html
REDHAT RHSA-2014:1655
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1885.html
REDHAT RHSA-2014:1885
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2015:2372
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149084 CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
APPLE APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-3
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70644
BID 70644 Libxml2 Entities Expansion CVE-2014-3660 Denial of Service Vulnerability Release Date:2016-07-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2389-1
UBUNTU USN-2389-1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/17/7
MLIST [oss-security] 20141017 libxml2 issue: billioun laughs variant (CVE-2014-3660)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:244
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2014:244
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3057
DEBIAN DSA-3057
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
APPLE APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 CONFIRM

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2014-3660

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