CVE-2016-9597
Publication date 30 July 2018
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
mdeslaur
Red Hat bug states this CVE is for a Red Hat specific regression that duplicated other public CVEs "missing/incorrect fix for CVE-2016-3705 in the Red Hat JBoss Core Services."
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.5 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |