CVE-2016-4447: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon May 23 2016(Updated: )
A vulnerability was found in the libxml2 library. A maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash due to a heap-based buffer underread in xmlParseName. References: <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759573">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759573</a> Upstream fix: <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=00906759053986b8079985644172085f74331f83">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=00906759053986b8079985644172085f74331f83</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/libxml2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u4 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3 | |
| Hp Icewall Federation Agent | =3.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Oracle VM Server | =3.3 | |
| Oracle VM Server | =3.4 | |
| Apple iTunes | =12.4.1 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| Apple iPhone OS | <=9.3.2 | |
| Apple Mac OS X | <=10.11.5 | |
| Apple tvOS | <=9.2.1 | |
| Apple watchOS | <=2.2.1 | |
| Xmlsoft Libxml2 | <=2.9.3 | |
| McAfee Web Gateway | >=7.5.0.0<=7.5.2.10 | |
| McAfee Web Gateway | >=7.6.0.0<=7.6.2.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90864
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=00906759053986b8079985644172085f74331f83
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
- https://support.apple.com/HT206899
- https://support.apple.com/HT206901
- https://support.apple.com/HT206902
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
- https://support.apple.com/HT206904
- https://support.apple.com/HT206905
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759573
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1349794
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1349795
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338686
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/00906759053986b8079985644172085f74331f83
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4447
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