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OS X update for libxml2 (CVE-2017-5969)

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OS X update for libxml2 (CVE-2017-5969)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/11/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/19/2018
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2017-001-sierra
  • apple-osx-security-update-2017-004-el-capitan

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