{"id":"USN-2389-1","summary":"libxml2 vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that libxml2 would incorrectly perform entity\nsubstitution even when requested not to. If a user or automated system were\ntricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could\npossibly cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:50Z","published":"2014-10-27T13:08:20Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3660"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3660","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3660"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2389-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3660"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"}]}],"versions":["2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxml2","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-dev","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-utils","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"python-libxml2","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2389-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-3660"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}