CVE-2016-3705

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-05-03

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.

See more information about CVE-2016-3705 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 4.3 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)ELSA-2016-12922016-06-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (libxml2)ELSA-2016-12922016-06-23
Oracle VM version 3.3 (libxml2)OVMSA-2016-00872016-06-23
Oracle VM version 3.4 (libxml2)OVMSA-2016-00872016-06-23



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