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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-3627: Vulnerability in libxml2

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-3627: Vulnerability in libxml2

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) 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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