CVE - CVE-2016-4449

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-4449	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html 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 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2957 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html 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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