CVE-2015-8035 (GCVE-0-2015-8035)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-18 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI?
Summary
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/publ… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/publ… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77390 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://support.apple.com/HT206169 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/HT206166 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.