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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Jul 14, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Apple Itunes | — | Upgrade Apple iTunes to the latest version | Dec 16, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Apple Osx Libxml2 | — | Apply OS X security update 2016-004Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Nov 11, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2-static | Jul 22, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Jun 3, 2016 | Jun 2, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Dec 7, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 28, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/libxslt to version 1.1.28-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/libxml2 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxsl-27 to version 1.1.28-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxml2-27 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxml2-34 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxml2-26 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxsl-26 to version 1.1.28-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-static | Jun 23, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade libxml2-staticUpgrade libxml2No solution exists | Jul 29, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libxml2-32bitUpgrade libxml2-devel-32bitUpgrade python-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-docUpgrade libxml2-2-32bitUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade libxml2-2Upgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2-x86Upgrade libxml2-tools | Jun 9, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Jun 6, 2016 | Jun 6, 2016 |
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