Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBXML2-429551
  • published15 Dec 2015
  • disclosed15 Dec 2015

Introduced: 15 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-7500  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libxml2 to version 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags.

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