GoogleOSV:CVE-2016-5300CVE-2016-5300
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.9%
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
References
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.9%