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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MISC:1036348 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 MISC:90865 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90865 MISC:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html MISC:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html MISC:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-3 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html MISC:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-4 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html MISC:APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html MISC:DSA-3593 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 MISC:JVN#17535578 URL:http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html MISC:JVNDB-2017-000066 URL:http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html MISC:RHSA-2016:1292 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 MISC:RHSA-2016:2957 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html MISC:SSA:2016-148-01 URL:http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 MISC:USN-2994-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20160525 3 libxml2 issues URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html MISC:http://xmlsoft.org/news.html URL:http://xmlsoft.org/news.html MISC:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5 URL:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5 MISC:https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 URL:https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 MISC:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 URL:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 MISC:https://support.apple.com/HT206899 URL:https://support.apple.com/HT206899 MISC:https://support.apple.com/HT206901 URL:https://support.apple.com/HT206901 MISC:https://support.apple.com/HT206902 URL:https://support.apple.com/HT206902 MISC:https://support.apple.com/HT206903 URL:https://support.apple.com/HT206903 MISC:https://support.apple.com/HT206904 URL:https://support.apple.com/HT206904 MISC:https://support.apple.com/HT206905 URL:https://support.apple.com/HT206905 MISC:https://support.cybozu.com/ja-jp/article/9735 URL:https://support.cybozu.com/ja-jp/article/9735 MISC:https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 URL:https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160502	Disclaimer: The record 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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160502)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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