CVE-2017-9233

Description

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03244804

https://support.apple.com/HT208144

https://support.apple.com/HT208115

https://support.apple.com/HT208113

https://support.apple.com/HT208112

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/master/expat/Changes

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99276

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/17/7

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3898

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3