CVE-2016-3627
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-03-21 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 andearlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.
See more information about CVE-2016-3627 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2) | ELSA-2016-1292 | 2016-06-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (libxml2) | ELSA-2016-1292 | 2016-06-23 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (libxml2) | OVMSA-2016-0087 | 2016-06-23 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (libxml2) | OVMSA-2016-0087 | 2016-06-23 |
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