CVE-2016-4658
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Nokogiri does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 10.0 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 2.9.4+12+ge905f08-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | {"endExcluding":"2.9.5"} | 2.9.5 |
References
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1615
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4658.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93054
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c1d1f7121194036608bf555f08d3062a36fd344b
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://support.apple.com/HT207141
- https://support.apple.com/HT207142
- https://support.apple.com/HT207143
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4658
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4658
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.