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CVE-2016-3705
Published: May 17, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
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References
20160503 CVE-2016-3627 CVE-2016-3705: libxml2: stack overflow in xml validator (parser)
mailing-list
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2016:1446
vendor-advisory
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openSUSE-SU-2016:1298
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2016:1292
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
DSA-3593
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-2994-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765207
x_refsource_CONFIRM
89854
vdb-entry
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RHSA-2016:2957
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
GLSA-201701-37
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
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