Buffer overflow in HP Icewall Federation Agent
CVE-2016-9597
It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- HP Icewall Federation Agent — versions 3.0
- HP Icewall File Manager — versions 3.0
- Xmlsoft Libxml2 — versions 2.9.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- Red Hat Libxml2 — versions all
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9597?
- CVE-2016-9597 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Icewall Federation Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-30.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9597?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.