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CVE-2015-7941
Published: Nov 18, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2015:2550
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
74241
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
openSUSE-SU-2016:0106
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[oss-security] 20151022 Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access - Libxml2
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-3430
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2016-a9ee80b01d
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2016:1089
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
1034243
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
RHSA-2015:2549
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-2812-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
HPSBGN03537
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP
FEDORA-2016-189a7bf68c
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-201701-37
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
openSUSE-SU-2015:2372
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[oss-security] 20151022 Re: Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access - Libxml2
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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