CVE-2016-4449

NameCVE-2016-4449
DescriptionXML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-503-1, DSA-3593-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxml2 (PTS)buster2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4fixed
bookworm2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.9.14+dfsg-1.3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxml2sourcewheezy2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy6DLA-503-1
libxml2sourcejessie2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u2DSA-3593-1
libxml2source(unstable)2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1

Notes

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761430
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5 (v2.9.4)

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