CVE-2016-4449
Published: 30 May 2016
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.1
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=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5 |
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