Vulnerability CVE-2016-9596

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-9596 (CCN-148532)

Assigned:

2016-12-22

Published:

2016-12-22

Updated:

2023-02-12

Summary:

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-9596

Source: CCN
Type: libxml2 Web site
libxml2

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1408302
(CVE-2016-9596) CVE-2016-9596 libxml2: stack exhaustion while parsing xml files in recovery mode (unfixed CVE-2016-3627 in JBCS)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
libxml2-cve20169596-dos(148532)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20169596000	V	CVE-2016-9596 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2018-08-16
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20169596000	V	CVE-2016-9596 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2018-08-16
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201695960000000	V	CVE-2016-9596 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2018-08-16
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20169596000	V	CVE-2016-9596 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2016-12-23

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