CVE-2016-5300

HIGH

Canonical Ubuntu Linux < 2.2.0 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0654
EPSS Percentile 93.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
google/android 4.4.4
google/android 5.0.2
google/android 5.1.1
google/android 6.0
google/android 6.0.1
... and 1 more
Published Jun 16, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026