CVE-2004-0989

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.

Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 19 years ago

2005-03-01 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.5.11

2.5.11

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.6

2.6.6

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.7

2.6.7

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.8

2.6.8

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.9

2.6.9

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.11

2.6.11

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.12

2.6.12

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.13

2.6.13

XMLSoft Libxml2 2.6.14

2.6.14

Trustix Secure Linux 2.0

2.0

Trustix Secure Linux 2.1

2.1

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