CVE-2016-5300 | BDVDB-2026-76541 Detail
Description#
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.