CVE-2015-5312

libxml2 <2.9.3 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.

References (25)

Core 25
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206168
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276693
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206169
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79536
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0108
EPSS Percentile 78.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (18)
apple/iphone_os < 9.2.1
apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.3
apple/tvos < 9.1
apple/watchos < 2.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
... and 8 more
Published Dec 15, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026