vulnerability

IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2017-9233: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a XML External Entity vulnerability in the parser

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 22, 2022
Added
Nov 20, 2025
Modified
Nov 20, 2025

Description

libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a XML External Entity vulnerability in the parser. By using a specially-crafted XML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop.

Solutions

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