Upstream information

CVE-2016-4571 at MITRE

Description

The mxml_write_node function in mxml-file.c in mxml 2.9, 2.7, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via crafted xml file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.1 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Complete Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 979205 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 979206 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • libmxml1 >= 2.5-24.3.1
  • mxml >= 2.5-24.3.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-mxml-13348
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libmxml1 >= 2.10-1.1
  • libmxml1-32bit >= 2.10-1.1
  • mxml >= 2.10-1.1
  • mxml-devel >= 2.10-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10530

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 mxml Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 mxml Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 mxml Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 mxml Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 mxml Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue May 10 01:34:40 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 16:53:15 2024