PT-2015-3260 · Xmlsoft+5 · Libxml2+5

Shhnjk · Published 2015-11-20 · Updated 2020-02-26 · CVE-2015-8710

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c of the libxml2 library, caused by a buffer overflow. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using an unclosed HTML comment to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash due to out-of-bounds heap memory access), or have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2016

BDU:2016-01649

CESA-2015_2550

CVE-2015-8710

DLA-266-1

DSA-3430-1

MGASA-2015-0457

RHSA-2015:2549

RHSA-2015:2550

RHSA-2015_2549

RHSA-2015_2550

SUSE-SU-2016:0178-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0786-1

SUSE-SU-2016_0178-1

SUSE-SU-2016_0187-1

USN-2875-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Libxml2

References · 92

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0457.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-12116 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0178-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8035 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7499 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7499 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8710 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01642 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01646 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3430-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libxml2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01269 · Security Note