CVE-2016-9318 (GCVE-0-2016-9318)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-16 00:00
Modified
2025-12-04 16:39
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.
References
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772726 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43 x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94347 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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