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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-11-04T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:17.928Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-3660

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-04T16:55:06.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:08:35.850

Link: CVE-2014-3660

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3660 - Bugzilla