CVE-2016-4449: Input Validation
First published: Mon May 23 2016(Updated: )
A vulnerability was found in the libxml2 library. The parser would fetch content of an external entity while not in validating mode. References: <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761430">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761430</a> Upstream fix: <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5</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 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Xmlsoft Libxml2 | <=2.9.3 |
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Reference Links
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