SB2015111802 - Buffer overflow in Libxml2

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SB2015111802 - Buffer overflow in Libxml2

Published: November 18, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015111802
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7942)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References