CVE-2017-5969

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5969
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-11 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.4 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2972-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE-2017-5969: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
libxml2 CVE-2017-5969 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 778519 – CVE-2017-5969: null pointer dereference when parsing a xml file using recover mode MISC bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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)
  • 500348 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 504111 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 710359 Gentoo Linux libxml2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-01)
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