CVE-2017-7375

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-04-17
CWE:
CWE-611
Bugzilla:
1462203: CVE-2017-7375 libxml2: Missing validation for external entities in xmlParsePEReference

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A flaw in libxml2 allows remote XML entity inclusion with default parser flags (i.e., when the caller did not request entity substitution, DTD validation, external DTD subset loading, or default DTD attributes). Depending on the context, this may expose a higher-risk attack surface in libxml2 not usually reachable with default parser flags, and expose content from local files, HTTP, or FTP servers (which might be otherwise unreachable).

Find out more about CVE-2017-7375 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 libxml2 Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 libxml2 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxml2 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libxml2 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libxml2 Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

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