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LIN9-4386 : Security Advisory - libxmi2 - CVE-2017-5969

Created: Jun 14, 2017    Updated: May 29, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 10, 2017
Found In Version: 9.0.0.7
Fix Version: 9.0.0.8
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Userspace

Description

libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser."

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5969 

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