>> Fedora Security Update Fixes Libxml2 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Libxml2 Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2723 CVE ID : CVE-2008-4409
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-10-06
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in Libxml2 when processing malformed data, which could be exploited to exhaust all available memory resources or create a denial of service condition by tricking a user into opening a malicious file.
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