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CVE-2004-0989

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
01/03/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlstarlet:command_line_xml_toolkit:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*

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