CVE-2017-5969

CVSS V2 Low 2.6 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5969
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-11T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-08T23:15:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5969
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5969
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:28:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:44:12 2017-04-11T16:59Z 2017-04-11T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:44:12 2022-04-08T23:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:44:12 Modified Vulnerability Status updated