CVE-2016-4472 (High) detected in buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0 - autoclosed

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CVE-2016-4472 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0

Educational Linux Distribution

Library home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/buffalo-gpl/

Found in HEAD commit: e36ced7e77b3a0fa5e008bfb974ad70fff7eca1c

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/lib/xmlparse.c

Vulnerability Details

The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.

Publish Date: 2016-06-30

URL: CVE-2016-4472

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.1)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde

Release Date: 2016-06-30

Fix Resolution: R_2_2_0

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:information_source: This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #31

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:information_source: This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #31