vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-4449: Important: libxml2 security update (RHSA-2016:1292)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jun 9, 2016 | Jul 29, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2016
Added
Jul 29, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-libxml2redhat-upgrade-libxml2-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libxml2-develredhat-upgrade-libxml2-pythonredhat-upgrade-libxml2-static
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