CVE-2017-16932

Summary

CVECVE-2017-16932
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-23 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:40:00 UTC
Descriptionparser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

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
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2972-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Detect infinite recursion in parameter entities · GNOME/libxml2@899a5d9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3739-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.100.1 has been released! CONFIRM blog.clamav.net
Releases CONFIRM xmlsoft.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Permissions Required
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179176 Debian Security Update for libxml2 (DLA 2972-1)
  • 500092 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 503817 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 752169 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2022:1833-1)
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