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FreeBSD: expat -- denial of service vulnerability on malformed input (CVE-2016-0718)

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FreeBSD: expat -- denial of service vulnerability on malformed input (CVE-2016-0718)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/20/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-expat
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6-expat
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-f10-expat

References

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