CVE-2016-9597: canonical ubuntu_linux Uncontrolled Recursion

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9597 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 30-07-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionThe product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.