CVE-2015-7941

Publication date 23 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml2 15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Fixed 2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.12

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxml2