Vulnerability in Hp Icewall_federation_agent
CVE-2016-3627
The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a craf…
EPSS: 0.001 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Hp Icewall_federation_agent — versions 3.0
- Hp Icewall_file_manager — versions 3.0
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Oracle Vm_server — versions 3.3, 3.4
- Xmlsoft Libxml2
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- 20160503 CVE-2016-3627 CVE-2016-3705: libxml2: stack overflow in xml validator (parser) (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1446 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_SUSE)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1298 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_SUSE)
- RHSA-2016:1292 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- [oss-security] 20160321 CVE request: Stack exhaustion in libxml2 parsing xml files in recover mode (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- DSA-3593 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-3627?
- CVE-2016-3627 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hp Icewall_federation_agent, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-17.
- How severe is CVE-2016-3627?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-3627 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.