CVE-2016-3709

Publication date 28 July 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml2	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.4
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.7
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm3 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

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Notes

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introduced by: https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/960f0e275616cadc29671a218d7fb9b69eb35588

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libxml2	Upstream: c1ba6f5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N