ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16931
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931
Upstream
Published
2017-11-23T21:29:00Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:24:57Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.4 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931.json"

Alpine:v3.5 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931.json"

Alpine:v3.6 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931.json"