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Message-ID: <20130705143834.GM4362@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 16:38:34 +0200
From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request: libxml2 external parsed entities
issue
On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 09:30:07AM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> On 13-07-05 09:17 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 08:48:04AM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> libxml2 earlier than 2.9.0 fetches external parsed entities by default, with no
> >> way to disable the behaviour.
> >>
> >> Fixed by the following commit:
> >>
> >> https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4629ee02ac649c27f9c0cf98ba017c6b5526070f
> >>
> >> More Information:
> >> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2012-October/msg00045.html
> >> https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/693
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/+bug/1194410
> >>
> >>
> >> Could a CVE please be assigned to this issue?
> >
> > Sounds like http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/391
> > and
> > "Please use CVE-2013-0339 for libxml2 external entities expansion"
> >
> > ?
> >
>
> Hrm, I would have thought CVE-2013-0339 was for the entities expansion DoS issue
> fixed by this commit:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
>
> The other one is for external entities expansion being enabled by default with
> no way to turn it off. You would lump them together?
Mostly wondering, as it seemed more or less related. Perhaps someone else has more insight.
Ciao, Marcus
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