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CentOS Linux: CVE-2015-2716: Moderate: expat security update (CESA-2020:1011)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2015-2716: Moderate: expat security update (CESA-2020:1011)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/14/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-expat
  • centos-upgrade-expat-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-expat-devel
  • centos-upgrade-expat-static

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