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CVE-2016-5300

Description

The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.

Priority: HIGH
CVSS v3: 7.5
Component: expat
Publish Date: Jun 16, 2016
Related ID: --
CVSS v2: High
Modified Date: Jun 20, 2016

Find out more about CVE-2016-5300 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


Products Affected

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Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads
Linux
Wind River Linux LTS 17 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux 8 Fixed LIN8-4085
8.0.0.8 --
Wind River Linux 9 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux 7 Fixed -- 7.0.0.18 --
Wind River Linux LTS 21 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 22 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 18 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 19 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux CD release Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux 6 Fixed -- 6.0.0.31 --
Wind River Linux LTS 23 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 24 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks
VxWorks 7 Fixed -- xml-2.2.4.0 --
VxWorks 6.9 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition Not Vulnerable -- -- --
eLxr
eLxr 12 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Studio Cloud Platform

Related Products

Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads

Notes
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