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F5 Networks: CVE-2017-9233: K03244804: XML vulnerability CVE-2017-9233

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F5 Networks: CVE-2017-9233: K03244804: XML vulnerability CVE-2017-9233

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/18/2017
Created
04/24/2019
Added
04/20/2019
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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