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CVE-2017-5969

CVE-2017-5969

EPSS 2.6%
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.
Affected products
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References
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188