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CVE-2016-9596

Published: 16 August 2018

libxml2, as used in Red Hat JBoss Core Services and when in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-3627.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Red Hat bug states this CVE is for a Red Hat specific regression
that duplicated other public CVEs
"missing/incorrect fix for CVE-2016-3627 in the Red Hat JBoss
Core Services."

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H