CVE-2016-3705

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-05-03
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functionsin 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.

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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