CVE-2015-8317
Published: 23 November 2015
The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | already fixed by the following patches in wily+: 0011-Do-not-process-encoding-values-if-the-declaration-if.patch 0012-Fail-parsing-early-on-if-encoding-conversion-failed.patch |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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libxml2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
vivid |
Released
(2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2)
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upstream |
Released
(2.9.3)
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precise |
Released
(2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.13)
|
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trusty |
Released
(2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6)
|
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wily |
Not vulnerable
(2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.1)
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Patches: upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9aa37588ee78a06ca1379a9d9356eab16686099c upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=709a952110e98621c9b78c4f26462a9d8333102e |