Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201759690000000
Revision Date:2017-04-11Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-5969 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible.
Description:** DISPUTED ** 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."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-5969
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND libxml2: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue.
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