CVE-2016-3705
Published: 17 May 2016
The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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libxml2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.9.4)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8)
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Patches: Upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8f30bdff69edac9075f4663ce3b56b0c52d48ce6 |
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