Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxml2-devel package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBXML2DEVEL-2057886
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2015

Introduced: 22 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-7941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libxml2-devel to version 0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-devel package and not the libxml2-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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