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CVE-2015-5312
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276693
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=69030714cde66d525a8884bda01b9e8f0abf8e1e
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79536
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243