Resource Exhaustion Affecting mxml package, versions <2.9-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-MXML-528880
  • published3 Feb 2017
  • disclosed3 Feb 2017

Introduced: 3 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-4571  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 mxml to version 2.9-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mxml package and not the mxml package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mxml_write_node function in mxml-file.c in mxml 2.9, 2.7, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via crafted xml file.

CVSS Base Scores

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