cve/2016/CVE-2016-5300.md

CVE-2016-5300

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list