Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.2
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- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 11 Apr 2016
Introduced: 11 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8710 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2
libxml2
to version 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1220
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2
package and not the libxml2
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2
relevant fixed versions and status.
The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8710
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html