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libxml2: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service
view advisory published 2015-10-21
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libxml2 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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describes (2)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-7942US | medium6.8 | — | ||
The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent att… | ||||
| CVE-2015-7941US | medium4.3 | — | ||
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… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2549-1 vom 2015-12-07external
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2550-1 vom 2015-12-07external
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2016:1089-1 vom 2016-05-17external
- OSS Security Mailinglist vom 2015-10-21external
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2812-1 vom 2015-11-17external
- xmlsoft.org Release Notes v2.9.3 vom 2015-11-22external
- Meldung WLB-2015100145 auf CXSecurity vom 2015-10-22external
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-2673 vom 2025-03-21external
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