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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5300): XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5300): XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/20/2016
Modified
03/09/2021

Description

The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64expat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexpat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxmlrpc-c-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxmlrpc-core-c3

References

  • USN-2677-1
  • USN-2726-1
  • USN-2983-1
  • USN-3010-1
  • USN-3013-1
  • USN-3044-1
  • DLA-508-1
  • DSA-3597
  • CVE-2016-5300
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