CVE - CVE-2016-4449

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-4449	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20160525 3 libxml2 issues URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 CONFIRM:http://xmlsoft.org/news.html CONFIRM:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206899 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206901 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206902 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206903 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206904 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206905 CONFIRM:https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html CONFIRM:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 CONFIRM:https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 CONFIRM:https://support.cybozu.com/ja-jp/article/9735 APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-3 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-4 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html DEBIAN:DSA-3593 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1292 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 SLACKWARE:SSA:2016-148-01 URL:http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 UBUNTU:USN-2994-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 JVN:JVN#17535578 URL:http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html JVNDB:JVNDB-2017-000066 URL:http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html BID:90865 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90865 SECTRACK:1036348 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
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Date Entry Created
20160502	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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