CVE-2017-16931

2017-11-2321:29:00

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.2%

JSON

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a ‘%’ character in a DTD name.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpine3.4-mainnoarchlibxml2< 2.9.5-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.5-mainnoarchlibxml2< 2.9.5-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.6-mainnoarchlibxml2< 2.9.5-r0UNKNOWN