Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2015:2550
libxml2 security update
Released 2015-12-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2.ppc, libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2.ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2, libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
Fixes 12 records
Priority MEDIUM 50
The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified…
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.04925 · Published 2016-04-11 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 39
The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.045 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix · 1.6.7.1 CWE-399
Priority LOW 37
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 i…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.05392 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 37
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…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.04476 · Published 2015-11-18 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 33
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)…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.04252 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 33
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to extracting errors after an…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.07151 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 33
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.07151 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 32
The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, wh…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.05859 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 32
The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.05869 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix CWE-119
Priority LOW 32
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.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.06412 · Published 2015-12-15 · Partial fix · 1.6.7.2 CWE-119
Priority LOW 32
The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.06289 · Published 2015-08-14 · Partial fix · 1.6.6.4 CWE-399
Priority LOW 26
libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.03058 · Published 2015-11-18 · Partial fix CWE-119