Fluid Attacks Database

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 14	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1	2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1
debian 12	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1	2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1
debian 13	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1	2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1
nuget	libxml2	>=0 <=2.9.3	-
rpm rhel5	libxml2	-	-
rpm rhel6	libxml2	<0:2.7.6-21.el6_8.1	0:2.7.6-21.el6_8.1
rpm rhel7	libxml2	<0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.3	0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.3

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-44492. NVD-2016-44493. OSV-DEBIAN-2016-44494. OSV-2016-44495. GCVE-2016-44496. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2016-4449

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