CVE-2016-2099

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-05-09
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1310699: CVE-2016-2099 xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2099 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 xerces-c Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 3 xerces-c Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 xerces-c Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 xerces-c Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xerces-c Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Gustavo Grieco for reporting this issue.

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