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CVE-2016-9597

Published: Jul 30, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-674
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.5%
Top 9.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-674CWE-119

Affected Products

hp
commercial·USaka hewlett packard, hpe
icewall federation agentOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
icewall file managerOn-premDesktop App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
xmlsoft
oss-projectaka libxml2, libxslt
libxml2LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
leapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat
commercial·US
libxml2On-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567
securityfocus.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597
bugzilla.redhat.com

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