Description
The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
Published: 2016-05-17
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-503-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3593-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4726 The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2994-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Hp Icewall Federation Agent Icewall File Manager
Opensuse Leap
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services
Xmlsoft Libxml2
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.486Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3705

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-17T14:08:04.593

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3705

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3705 - Bugzilla

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