https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319829
Bug ID: 1319829 Summary: CVE-2016-3627 libxml2: stack exhaustion while parsing xml files in recovery mode Product: Security Response Component: vulnerability Keywords: Security Severity: medium Priority: medium Assignee: security-response-team@redhat.com Reporter: anemec@redhat.com CC: athmanem@gmail.com, c.david86@gmail.com, erik-fedora@vanpienbroek.nl, fedora-mingw@lists.fedoraproject.org, ktietz@redhat.com, ohudlick@redhat.com, rjones@redhat.com, veillard@redhat.com
A vulnerability was found in a way libxml2 parses certain files. With the libxml2 in recovery mode, a maliciously crafted filed could cause libxml2 to crash.
References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/682
CVE assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/683