Uncontrolled Recursion in Libxml2 - CVE-2016-3627
Published: May 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89736
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3627
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Libxml2
Libxml2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability occurs when xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 used in recovery mode. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3627
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84992
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035335
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html