CVE-2017-5969
4.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.5%
Description
libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.
How to fix CVE-2017-5969
To remediate CVE-2017-5969, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxml2—upgrade to 2.9.4-r4 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-5969 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.9.4-r4
- from 0, < 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |