CVE-2017-16931

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16931
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-23 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-20 23:15:00 UTC
Descriptionparser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1194-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Permissions Required
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
Releases CONFIRM xmlsoft.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Fix handling of parameter-entity references · GNOME/libxml2@e266305 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 354929 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libxml2 : ALAS-2023-1743
  • 356976 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libxml2 : AL2012-2023-460
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
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