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CVE-2015-5312

Published: Dec 15, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/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-2015-5312
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical15.04 (including)15.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical15.10 (including)15.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibxml2-0:2.7.6-20.el6_7.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.2*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0RedHatlibxml2*
Libxml2Ubuntudevel*
Libxml2Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Libxml2Ubuntuprecise*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Libxml2Ubuntuupstream*
Libxml2Ubuntuvivid*
Libxml2Ubuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
Libxml2Ubuntuwily*

References

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