CVE-2016-3705

Description

The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.034

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.4.0Windows
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 security update (CESA-2016:1292) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:1292) Important: libxml2 security update libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-python update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-python update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-python update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_federation_agent 3.0NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-3705 ,CVE-2016-9597 are affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp4NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-3705 ,CVE-2016-9597 are affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp3NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-3705 ,CVE-2016-9597 are affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp2NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-3705 ,CVE-2016-9597 are affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp1NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-3705 ,CVE-2016-9597 are affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0NCM
Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2016-3705)NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234