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libxml2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7375

A flaw in libxml2 allows remote XML entity inclusion with default parser flags (i.e., when the caller did not request entity substitution, DTD validation, external DTD subset loading, or default DTD attributes). Depending on the context, this may expose a higher-risk attack surface in libxml2 not usually reachable with default parser flags, and expose content from local files, HTTP, or FTP servers (which might be otherwise unreachable).

Products
libxml2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1
CVEs
CVE-2017-7375
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7375

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Feb 2018, 19:29 UTC

A flaw in libxml2 allows remote XML entity inclusion with default parser flags (i.e., when the caller did not request entity substitution, DTD validation, external DTD subset loading, or default DTD attributes). Depending on the context, this may expose a higher-risk attack surface in libxml2 not usually reachable with default parser flags, and expose content from local files, HTTP, or FTP servers (which might be otherwise unreachable).

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7375

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-15T07:47:38.631868477Z",
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