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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-3705) ELSA-2016-1292: libxml2 security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-3705) ELSA-2016-1292: libxml2 security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/23/2016
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-static

References

  • ELSA-2016-1292
  • DLA-503-1
  • DSA-3593
  • USN-2994-1
  • CVE-2016-3705

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