CVE-2017-5969
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | 2.9.4 | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5969.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5969
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.