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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-1283): XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-1283): XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/22/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/20/2016
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64expat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexpat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-liboxideqtcore0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxmlrpc-c-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxmlrpc-core-c3

References

  • USN-2677-1
  • USN-2726-1
  • USN-3013-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1508
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1512
  • RHSA-2015:1499
  • DLA-281-1
  • DSA-3315
  • DSA-3318
  • 75973
  • 1033031
  • GLSA-201603-09
  • GLSA-201701-21
  • CVE-2015-1283
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