CVE-2015-7499
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
24 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to use an excessive amount of CPU, leak potentially sensitive information, or crash the application.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79509
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281925
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=28cd9cb747a94483f4aea7f0968d202c20bb4cfc
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=35bcb1d758ed70aa7b257c9c3b3ff55e54e3d0da
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxjr-5h69-qw3w
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-7499.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/Dy7YiKb_pMM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7499
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210724022841/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79509
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211205133229/https://securitytracker.com/id/1034243