Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2-python package, versions <0:2.7.6-20.0.1.el6_7.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-LIBXML2PYTHON-2503122
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2015

Introduced: 18 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 libxml2-python to version 0:2.7.6-20.0.1.el6_7.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-2549.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-python package and not the libxml2-python package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 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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