CVE - CVE-2015-8241

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8241	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.
References
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BID:77621 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77621 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756263 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281936 CONFIRM:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ab2b9a93ff19cedde7befbf2fcc48c6e352b6cbe CONFIRM:https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 DEBIAN:DSA-3430 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 HP:HPSBGN03537 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20151118 Buffer overflow in libxml2 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20151118 Re: Buffer overflow in libxml2 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/23 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:2549 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html REDHAT:RHSA-2015:2550 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1089 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html SECTRACK:1034243 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:2372 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0106 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html UBUNTU:USN-2834-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20151118	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20151118)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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