ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931

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    ALPINE-CVE-2017-16931

    Published: 23 Nov 2017Last Modified: 15 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16931

    Summary:

    Details: parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16931

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/libxml2?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.5-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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