CVE-2017-5969
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
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.
Products: xmlsoft libxml2
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.10 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.11 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.12 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.13 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.14 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.15 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.16 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.17 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.18 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.19 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.2 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r3 |
| Alpine 3.20 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.21 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.22 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.23 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.24 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.3 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r3 |
| Alpine 3.4 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r3 |
| Alpine 3.5 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r3 |
| Alpine 3.6 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.7 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.8 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Alpine 3.9 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-r4 |
| Debian 12 | libxml2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| Debian 13 | libxml2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| Debian 14 | libxml2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1 |
| Debian 9 | libxml2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u6 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | python-libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | libxml2 | 2.7.6-0.76.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | libxml2-python | 2.7.6-0.76.4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | python-libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | python-libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | libxml2 | 2.7.6-0.76.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | libxml2-python | 2.7.6-0.76.4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | python-libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | libxml2 | 2.7.6-0.76.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | libxml2 | 2.9.4-42.1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | libxml2 | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | libxml2 | no fix |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | libxml2 | 2.9.12-1.2 |