SB2015121508 - Out-of-bounds read in Libxml2 

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SB2015121508 - Out-of-bounds read in Libxml2

Published: December 15, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015121508
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7500)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the xmlParseMisc function in parser.c. A remote attacker can create unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References