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CVE-2015-1819

Published: Aug 14, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1819
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Debian_linuxDebian7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibxml2-0:2.7.6-20.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.2*
Libxml2Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Libxml2Ubuntulucid*
Libxml2Ubuntuprecise*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Libxml2Ubuntuupstream*
Libxml2Ubuntuutopic*
Libxml2Ubuntuvivid*
Libxml2Ubuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*

References

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