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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-1762: Vulnerability in libxml2

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-1762: Vulnerability in libxml2

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-libxml2-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-libxslt-1-1-28-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-26-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-27-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-34-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxsl-26-1-1-28-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxsl-27-1-1-28-0-175-3-11-0-4-0

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