SB2017072505 - Denial of service in libxml2
Published: July 25, 2017 Updated: December 5, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017072505
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16932)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in parser.c function due to improper handling of certain parameter entities. A remote attacker can supply specially constructed XML data, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.