CVE-2015-7941
Apache libxml2 XML Entity Injection Denial of Service
Description
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.
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Published Date :
Nov. 18, 2015, 4:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:37 a.m.
Source :
cve@mitre.org
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-7941 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2015-7941 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2015-7941 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74241 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1 Added Reference http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Added Reference https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980 Added Reference https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9b8512337d14c8ddf662fcb98b0135f225a1c489 Added Reference https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7dfab7411cbf545f359dd3157e5df1eb0e7ce31 Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Sep. 14, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Nov. 30, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74241 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Oct. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Aug. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Jun. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Apr. 13, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Dec. 17, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html Added Reference http://xmlsoft.org/news.html -
Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Nov. 19, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Evaluator Description "context dependent" seems to point to MiTM attack due to: If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Nov. 19, 2015
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Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Nov. 19, 2015
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Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Nov. 19, 2015
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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1.71 }} -3.42%
score
0.80659
percentile