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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-7498
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to extracting errors after an encoding conversion failure.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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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://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=afd27c21f6b36e22682b7da20d726bce2dcb2f43
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281879
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79548
- 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 Software
icewall federation agent, icewall file manager, ubuntu linux, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, libxml2
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 7.0, 8.0, 6.0, 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.