PT-2017-8514 · Mini-Xml+2 · Mxml+2

Andrej Nemec · Published 2014-06-05 · Updated 2021-06-17 · CVE-2016-4571

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mxml versions 2.7 through 2.9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically stack consumption, by utilizing a crafted XML file. This is related to the mxml write node function in mxml-file.c.

Recommendations For mxml versions 2.7 through 2.9, consider updating to a version where this issue is fixed, if available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of external XML files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1729

CVE-2016-4571

DLA-1641-1

MGASA-2017-0103

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10530-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3060-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Mxml

References · 35

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1641-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mxml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4571 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0103.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4571 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1641-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4571 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4571 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4571 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4570 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3060-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4571 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0103 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20004 · Security Note