CVE-2015-1819

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1819
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-14 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-27 16:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThe xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Tvos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux All All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml All All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 watchOS 2.2 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libxml2-2.9.3-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3430-1 libxml2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
libxml2 - XML parser and markup toolkit CONFIRM git.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 tvOS 9.2 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
libxml2: Denial of Service (GLSA 201507-08) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:0106-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libxml2-2.9.3-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2812-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of watchOS 2.2 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of iOS 9.3 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:2372-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Libxml2 CVE-2015-1819 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Releases CONFIRM xmlsoft.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2015:2550 REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-37) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 iOS 9.3 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of tvOS 9.2 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Libxml2 Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Cause Other Unspecified Impacts - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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