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CVE-2015-5312

CVE-2015-5312

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The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.

EPSS 4.5% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • libxml2 Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

    Update to 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

  • libxml2 Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

    Update to 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

  • libxml2 Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

    Update to 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

  • libxml2 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 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
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6

    Update to 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6

Original sources

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