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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.7-15.el8

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-LIBXML2-3119718
  • published 16 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 28 Jul 2022
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Introduced: 28 Jul 2022

CVE-2016-3709 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-79 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libxml2 to version 0:2.9.7-15.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7715.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

6.8 medium
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Red Hat

6.1 medium