UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710
Related
Published
2015-12-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2015-12-23T00:00:00Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
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
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libxml2-dev": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-utils-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "python-libxml2-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-utils": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-doc": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "python-libxml2": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-udeb-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "python-libxml2-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-utils-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-dev-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7",
            "libxml2-udeb": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7"
        }
    ]
}