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CVE-2017-16932 Detail

Current Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  11/23/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579 Permissions Required
https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') (CWE-400)

Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16932
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2017
NVD Last Modified:
08/15/2018