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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-16932: Infinite Loop

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 23, 2017
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

Solutions

alpine-linux-upgrade-clamavalpine-linux-upgrade-libxml2
Title
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