CVE-2015-7995

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    CVE-2015-7995

    Published: 17 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605, https://support.apple.com/HT206168, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00123.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/28/4, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77325, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623, http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.386546, https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=7ca19df892ca22d9314e95d59ce2abdeff46b617, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380, https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7995, https://support.apple.com/HT205729, https://support.apple.com/HT205731, https://support.apple.com/HT205732

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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