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SUSE: CVE-2015-8710: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-x86
  • suse-upgrade-python-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0178-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0786-1
  • DLA-266-1
  • DSA-3430
  • CVE-2015-8710
  • USN-2875-1
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