{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2017-5969", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "** DISPUTED ** 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.\"" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778519" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20170213 CVE-2017-5969: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/1" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161105 CVE request: Null pointer derefence parsing xml file using libxml 2.9.4 (in recover mode)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/3" }, { "name": "GLSA-201711-01", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01" }, { "name": "96188", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96188" } ] } }