CVE-2015-7995 (GCVE-0-2015-7995)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-17 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI?
Summary
The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://support.apple.com/HT206168 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/HT205731 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/publ… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/1… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/28/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/publ… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7995 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=7… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77325 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=sl… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/HT205732 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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