CVE - CVE-2015-8242

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8242	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.
References
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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 CONFIRM:http://xmlsoft.org/news.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756372 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281950 CONFIRM:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8fb4a770075628d6441fb17a1e435100e2f3b1a2 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206166 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206167 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206168 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206169 CONFIRM:https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html HP:HPSBGN03537 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 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 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 BID:77681 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77681
Date Entry Created
20151118	Disclaimer: The entry 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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