CWE
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Updated

CVE-2015-8241: Buffer Overflow

First published: Fri Nov 13 2015(Updated: )

A buffer overread in xmlNextChar was found, causing segmentation fault when compiled with ASAN. Upstream bug (contains reproducer): <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756263">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756263</a> Upstream patch: <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ab2b9a93ff19cedde7befbf2fcc48c6e352b6cbe">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ab2b9a93ff19cedde7befbf2fcc48c6e352b6cbe</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Debian Debian Linux=7.0
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
Hp Icewall Federation Agent=3.0
Hp Icewall File Manager=3.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=15.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=15.10
Xmlsoft Libxml2<=2.9.2

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