usn-2834-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-12-14 12:53
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
libxml2 vulnerabilities
Details

Kostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500)

Hugh Davenport discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242)

Hanno Boeck discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-8317)

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  "affected": [
    {
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        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-5312",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-7497",
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                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-7498",
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                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-7499",
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                {
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-7500",
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                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8241",
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                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8242",
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                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8317",
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                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
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          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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            },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3",
        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4",
        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2",
        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3",
        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4",
        "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Kostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause\nlibxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5312,\nCVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500)\n\nHugh Davenport discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause\nlibxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8241,\nCVE-2015-8242)\n\nHanno Boeck discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nopening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause\nlibxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied\nto Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-8317)\n",
  "id": "USN-2834-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-12-14T12:53:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2834-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5312"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7497"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7498"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7499"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7500"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8242"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8317"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libxml2 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5312",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7497",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7498",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7499",
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  ]
}



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