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CVE-2016-4449

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Date: June 9, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.1

Related Resources (35)

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html

Url: http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

Url: http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html

Url: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Url: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722

Url: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206899

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4449

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206905

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206904

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206903

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4449

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html

Url: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5

Url: https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709

Url: https://support.cybozu.com/ja-jp/article/9735

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

Url: https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206902

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206901

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4449

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90865

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4449

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4449

Severity Score

7.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.1
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-4449

Good to know:

Date: June 9, 2016

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (35)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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