CVE-2017-16932

CWE-835CWE-776 — XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs)17 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
22.0%
top 4.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Xmlsoft Libxml2
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.10+dfsg-2+3
▶Ubuntulibxml2< 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+2
▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml22.9.4
▶RubyGemsnokogiri< 1.8.1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS vulnerabilities↗2022-05-13
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OSV
Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS vulnerabilities↗2022-05-13
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OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2018-08-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-16932: parser↗2017-11-23
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16932: parser↗2017-11-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2018-08-14
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Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerability↗2017-12-05
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Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerability↗2017-12-05
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Red Hat
libxml2: Infinite recursion in parameter entities↗2017-07-25
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Debian
CVE-2017-16932: libxml2 - parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in paramete...↗2017
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💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16932 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: Infinite recursion in parameter entities [fedora-all]↗2017-11-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16932 libxml2: Infinite recursion in parameter entities [fedora-all]↗2017-11-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16932 rubygem-nokogiri: libxml2: Infinite recursion in parameter entities [fedora-all]↗2017-11-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16932 libxml2: Infinite recursion in parameter entities↗2017-11-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16932 rubygem-nokogiri: libxml2: Infinite recursion in parameter entities [epel-all]↗2017-11-24
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CVE-2017-16932 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 do | cvebase.io