CVE-2016-5300 (High) detected in buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0 - autoclosed

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CVE-2016-5300 - 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: 12c0ba5a0b8dd0a6948f22a9b008643078735aaf

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/lib/xmlparse.c

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2016-06-16

URL: CVE-2016-5300

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

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

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5300

Release Date: 2016-06-16

Fix Resolution: 2.2.0

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:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.