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CVE-2015-7942

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Date: November 18, 2015

The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (34)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79507

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7942

Url: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html

Url: https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206168

Url: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756456

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206167

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206166

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7942

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206169

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-7942

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7942

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2

Url: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980#c8

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-7942

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2015-7942

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Date: November 18, 2015

Language: C

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