CVE-2015-7500: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Nov 13 2015(Updated: )
The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Hp Icewall Federation Agent | =3.0 | |
| Hp Icewall File Manager | =3.0 | |
| Xmlsoft Libxml2 | <=2.9.2 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Apple iPhone OS | <=9.2.1 | |
| Apple Mac OS X | <=10.11.3 | |
| Apple tvOS | <=9.1 | |
| Apple watchOS | <=2.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | =6.0 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79562
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281943
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=f1063fdbe7fa66332bbb76874101c2a7b51b519f
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756525
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=1093866&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=1093866&action=edit
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
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