Resource Management Errors Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.49% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-1551150
  • published14 Aug 2015
  • disclosed14 Aug 2015

Introduced: 14 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-1819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libxml2 to version 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

CVSS Scores

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