CVE-2016-2073 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2073?

CVE-2016-2073 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 12 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The htmlParseNameComplex function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted XML document.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2073?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Xmlsoft Libxml2.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2073?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-2073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2073, ECHO-be9b-5f35-b4fd, GHSA-4m8g-g68p-w333, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2073.