[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#882613: libxml2: CVE-2017-16932: Infinite recursion in parameter entities

Salvatore Bonaccorso carnil at debian.org
Fri Nov 24 19:39:06 UTC 2017


Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libxml2.

CVE-2017-16932[0]:
| parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in
| parameter entities.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16932
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16932
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759579 (not yet public)
[2] https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=899a5d9f0ed13b8e32449a08a361e0de127dd961

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore



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