CVE-2016-1838

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CVE-2016-1838

Summary:

Details: The xmlPArserPrintFileContextInternal function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90691, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1, http://xmlsoft.org/news.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37, https://support.apple.com/HT206564, https://support.apple.com/HT206566, https://support.apple.com/HT206567, https://support.apple.com/HT206568, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593, https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758588, https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=db07dd613e461df93dde7902c6505629bf0734e9, https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=639