Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:7217Denial Of Service (DoS)
2.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
libxml2.so is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. A malicious user can pass an XML file to the xz_decomp function in xzlib.c to cause a process hang that can crash the application.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2.so | eq | 2.7.6 | |
| libxml2 | eq | 2.9.1__5.ael7b_1.2 |
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77390
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1
xmlsoft.org/news.html
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/f0709e3ca8f8947f2d91ed34e92e38a4c23eae63
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
support.apple.com/HT206166
support.apple.com/HT206167
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support.apple.com/HT206169
Related
2.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P