Improper Input Validation Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBXML2-429337
  • published9 Jun 2016
  • disclosed9 Jun 2016

Introduced: 9 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libxml2 to version 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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