CVE-2017-16932 Information

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579 https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5