CVE-2015-7941

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"cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74241", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://xmlsoft.org/news.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9b8512337d14c8ddf662fcb98b0135f225a1c489", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7dfab7411cbf545f359dd3157e5df1eb0e7ce31", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, 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"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74241", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://xmlsoft.org/news.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9b8512337d14c8ddf662fcb98b0135f225a1c489", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7dfab7411cbf545f359dd3157e5df1eb0e7ce31", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-119"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "libxml2 2.9.2 no detiene adecuadamente el an\u00e1lisis de entrada no v\u00e1lido, lo que permite a atacantes dependientes del contexto causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (lectura fuera de rango y ca\u00edda de libxml2) a trav\u00e9s de datos XML manipulados en la funci\u00f3n (1) xmlParseEntityDecl o (2) xmlParseConditionalSections en parser.c, seg\u00fan lo demostrado por entidades non-terminated."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B6B7CAD7-9D4E-4FDB-88E3-1E583210A01F"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B5A6F2F3-4894-4392-8296-3B8DD2679084"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F38D3B7E-8429-473F-BB31-FC3583EE5A5B"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DBBB6A7B-FEDF-4ECA-9BFC-FA4D44D57A9F"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "evaluatorComment": "\"context dependent\" seems to point to MiTM attack due to: If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04.", "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}