UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7941

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7941

    Published: 23 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7941
    Aliases:
    USN-2812-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7941, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2812-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7941

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5

    Affected versions

    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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