IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.
Summary
IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-9318
Description: Libxml2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by failure to offer a flag directly indicating the status of current document. By using a specially-crafted document to conduct a XML external entity (XXE) attack, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119018> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-9597
Description: libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow prior to detecting an invalid XML file. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted XML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121309> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected products and versions
Product | Version |
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IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot | 9.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/>
Product | Fix Version |
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IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot | |
(ibm_fw_dsa_dsyte2w-9.65) | dsyte2w-9.65 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
References
Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None.
Change History
15 November, 2017: Original Version Published
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