CVE-2016-3705
published 2016-05-17CVE-2016-3705: 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…
high7.5CVSS 3.0
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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.
Affected
18 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | libxml2 | < libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 (bookworm) | libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 (bookworm) |
| debian | libxml2 | — | — |
| hp | icewall_federation_agent | — | — |
| hp | icewall_file_manager | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| red_hat | libxml2 | — | — |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | — | — |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | >= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | >= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | >= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | >= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | >= 0 < 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8 | 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | >= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH