Insufficient Entropy Affecting expat package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.75% (82nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-EXPAT-1968889
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Jun 2016
Introduced: 4 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-5300 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 expat.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5300
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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