Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-5300
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 62.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 7.8
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Products affected by CVE-2016-5300
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:-
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:1.95.8
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4
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cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1