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CVE-2016-5300

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 con…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
Libexpat ProjectLibexpat
before 2.2.0
GoogleAndroid
Versions 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

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