Upstream information

CVE-2017-16931 at MITRE

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High None
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1039661 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1069433 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE], 1069690 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 python-libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 python-libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 python-libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 libxml2 Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL python-libxml2 Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 libxml2 Affected
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 python-libxml2 Affected
Magnum Orchestration 7 libxml2 Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sles12-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sles12sp1-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sles12sp2-docker-image Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 libxml2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libxml2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 libxml2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 python-libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 libxml2 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 python-libxml2 Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu May 18 08:09:36 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 20:01:56 2023