CVE-2017-5969
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 11, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 12, 2017
Description
libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519
- [oss-security] 20170213 CVE-2017-5969: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode)mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20161105 CVE request: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode)mailing-list
- GLSA-201711-01vendor-advisory
- 96188vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220408 [SECURITY] [DLA 2972-1] libxml2 security updatemailing-list
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