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CVE-2016-5300

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Date: June 16, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.3

Related Resources (18)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4

Url: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5300

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5300

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5300

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

Url: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5300

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5300

Severity Score

9.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3

Base Score:	9.3
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.8
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH
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CVE-2016-5300

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Date: June 16, 2016

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (18)

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CVSS v3

CVSS v2

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