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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4449
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, a...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
XML 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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
libxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1"}]}]
Debian:13
libxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1"}]}]
Debian:14
libxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org