The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-05-17T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.486Z
Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-3705
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-05-17T14:08:04.593
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:50:32.373
Link: CVE-2016-3705
Redhat