CVE-2016-4449

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-05-23

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in thexmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

See more information about CVE-2016-4449 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:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

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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