Description
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.
Published: 2016-06-09
Score: 7.1 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-2016-5438 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2994-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90865 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 cve-icon cve-icon
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4449 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206899 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206901 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206902 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206904 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206905 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.cybozu.com/ja-jp/article/9735 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4449 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 cve-icon cve-icon
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services
Xmlsoft Libxml2
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.361Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4449

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-09T16:59:07.800

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

Link: CVE-2016-4449

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4449 - Bugzilla

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