SB2015081404 - Resource management error in Libxml2

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SB2015081404 - Resource management error in Libxml2

Published: August 14, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015081404

Severity

Medium

Patch available

YES

Number of vulnerabilities 1

Exploitation vector Remote access

Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low
Medium
High
Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1819)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References