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Cent OS: CVE-2015-7942: CESA-2015:2549 (libxml2)

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Cent OS: CVE-2015-7942: CESA-2015:2549 (libxml2)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/18/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libxml2
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-static

References

  • APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1
  • APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2
  • APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3
  • APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5
  • DSA-3430
  • CVE-2015-7942
  • RHSA-2015:2549
  • RHSA-2015:2550
  • USN-2812-1
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