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 r…
EPSS: 0.045 (90.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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 Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
- Red Hat Libxml2 — versions all
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.