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CVE-2015-5312 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79536 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276693 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=69030714cde66d525a8884bda01b9e8f0abf8e1e CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://support.apple.com/HT206166 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206168 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206169 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5312
NVD Published Date:
12/15/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.