CVE-2016-9597

High

Description

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductXmlsoft Libxml2
PublishedJul 30, 2018
First seenJul 30, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-674CWE-674

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xmlsoft libxml22.9.3—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04—
debian debian_linux8.0—
hp icewall_federation_agent3.0—
hp icewall_file_manager3.0—
opensuse leap42.1—

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