CVE-2016-9318

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9318
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-11-16T00:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-08T23:15:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9.4
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsec_project:xmlsec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR 1.2.23
AND
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772726 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94347 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9318
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9318
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:28:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:05:36 2016-11-16T00:59Z 2016-11-16T00:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:05:36 2022-04-08T23:15:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:05:36 Modified Vulnerability Status updated