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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7499: libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7499: libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/15/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libxml2

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