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Medium
CVE-2015-7497
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281862
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79508
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=6360a31a84efe69d155ed96306b9a931a40beab9
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
debian linux, ubuntu linux, libxml2, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, icewall federation agent, icewall file manager
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0, 8.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 0, 6.0, 3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 15th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.