Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20163705000
Revision Date:2016-05-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-3705 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-3705
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'libxml2' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.15').
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