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SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1 Not scored

Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2015-8710: Parsing short unclosed HTML comment could cause uninitialized memory access, which allowed remote attackers to read contents from previous HTTP requests depending on the application (bsc#960674)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 21, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 libxml2

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2015-8710: Parsing short unclosed HTML comment could cause uninitialized memory access, which allowed remote attackers to read contents from previous HTTP requests depending on the application (bsc#960674)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence