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Medium
CVE-2015-7942
The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly...
Vulnerability Description
The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.
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.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980#c8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79507
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html
- 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
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756456
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
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icewall federation agent, icewall file manager, debian linux, iphone os, mac os x, tvos, watchos, ubuntu linux, libxml2
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 7.0, 8.0, 0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 2.9.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 18th, 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.