UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1819

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1819
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1819.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1819
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Published
2015-08-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:32:42.077003Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5

Affected versions

2.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
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        },
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-doc",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb-dbgsym",
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            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
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}