CVE-2015-7942

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-7942

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-11-18T16:59:06

Last Modified Date
2019-03-08T16:06:36

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	1	OR	9.2.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR	10.11.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::	1	OR	9.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::	1	OR	2.1
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980#c8	Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756456	Exploit Issue Tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html	Third Party Advisory
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
https://support.apple.com/HT206166	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206169	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206168	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206167	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430	Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2	Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79507
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7942
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7942

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:55:02				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:16:14	2015-11-18T16:59Z	2015-11-18T16:59:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:16:14		2019-03-08T16:06:36	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:16:14		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated