cve/2008/CVE-2008-3281.md

### [CVE-2008-3281](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3281)
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### Description

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9812

#### Github
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