CVE-2017-5969

Name
CVE-2017-5969
Description
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* libxml2 == None == 2.9.4

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status