UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7500

The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name: libxml2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6

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

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5

Ecosystem specific

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    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "binary_name": "libxml2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}