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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor is affected by Open Source XMLsoft Libxml2 Vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-3627)

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Summary

 libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the xmlStringGetNodeList() function when parsing xml files while in recover mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust the stack and cause a segmentation fault.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3627
DESCRIPTION:
 libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the xmlStringGetNodeList() function when parsing xml files while in recover mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust the stack and cause a segmentation fault.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111586 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor v 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

09/26/2016 - Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Internal Use Only

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21991063