ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-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 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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

References

  1. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html
  2. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html
  3. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
  4. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10
  5. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
  6. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
  7. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
  8. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89854
  9. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
  10. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
  11. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765207
  12. https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239
  13. https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
  14. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
  15. https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
  16. https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
  17. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html
  18. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html
  19. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
  20. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10