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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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3DescriptionNVD
A flaw was found in libxml2, an XML parsing library. This uncontrolled recursion vulnerability occurs in the xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI function when an XML catalog contains a delegate URI entry that references itself. A remote attacker could exploit this configuration-dependent issue by providing a specially crafted XML catalog, leading to infinite recursion and call stack exhaustion. This ultimately results in a segmentation fault, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing affected applications.
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libxml2's xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI function is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion when processing self-referencing delegate URI entries in XML catalogs, allowing remote attackers to trigger stack exhaustion and crash applications. This configuration-dependent denial of service requires specially crafted XML input but no authentication, affecting any application using the vulnerable library to parse untrusted catalogs. …
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