PT-2018-5107 · Xmlsoft+1 · Libxml2+1

Bharti Kundal · Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2016-9596

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted XML document. This problem exists due to an incorrect fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1240

CVE-2016-9596

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libxml2

References · 57

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1836 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-00219 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01379 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01381 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3627 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1840 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1833 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5131 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01382 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1839 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3705 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01376 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01272 · Security Note