CVE-2017-5969
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-04-11 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:18
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
Impacted products
n/an/a
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