DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5300

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5300
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5300.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5300
Upstream
Published
2016-06-16T18:59:10Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:10:31.595663Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

libxmltok

Package

Name
libxmltok
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxmltok?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-4
1.2-4.1~exp1
1.2-4.1
1.2-4.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

libxmltok

Package

Name
libxmltok
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxmltok?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-4
1.2-4.1~exp1
1.2-4.1
1.2-4.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}