libxml2 -- multiple vulnerabilitiesentered 2016-08-28
no CVE referenced
CVE details
CVE-2016-3705
The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
Affected ports (0)
No port is within the affected range.