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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-1840: Vulnerability in libxml2

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-1840: Vulnerability in libxml2

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-libxml2-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-libxslt-1-1-28-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-26-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-27-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-34-2-9-4-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxsl-26-1-1-28-0-175-3-11-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxsl-27-1-1-28-0-175-3-11-0-4-0

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