Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5969
CVE-2017-5969
Description
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.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 2.9.12-1.2+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.12-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-0.76.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-0.76.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-0.76.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-0.76.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.6-0.76.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-42.1
Patches
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References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01nvd
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