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CVE-2016-4449

Published: Jun 9, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

SSA:2016-148-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SLACKWARE
JVN#17535578
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_JVN
RHSA-2016:1292
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[oss-security] 20160525 3 libxml2 issues
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-3593
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-4
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-2994-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
JVNDB-2017-000066
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_JVNDB
APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
90865
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2016:2957
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
1036348
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK

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