MGASA-2015-0433

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    MGASA-2015-0433

    Published: 5 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8035

    Summary: Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A denial of service in libxml2 when parsing a specially crafted XML file if XZ support is enabled may cause applications to hang as the parsing never terminates (CVE-2015-8035)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0433.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17076, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libxml2?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.1-11.3.mga5

    Affected versions

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