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ubuntu-cve-2017-5969

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-04-11 16:59

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

4.7 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      negligible

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5969	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5969	REPORT

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CVE-2017-5969 (GCVE-0-2017-5969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-11 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18 Disputed

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2016-11-05 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-5969 (GCVE-0-2017-5969)

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