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RedhatCVE-2015-5312

HistoryDec 15, 2015 - 9:59 p.m.

CVE-2015-5312

2015-12-1521:59:00

CWE-399

redhat

web.nvd.nist.gov

188

libxml2

cve-2015-5312

xml

parser.c

entity expansion

denial of service

CVSS2

7.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

AI Score

6.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.01

Percentile

83.6%

JSON

The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.04

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.10

Node

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopMatch6.0

redhatenterprise_linux_hpc_nodeMatch6.0

redhatenterprise_linux_serverMatch6.0

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationMatch6.0

Node

appleiphone_osRange≤9.2.1

applemac_os_xRange≤10.11.3

appletvosRange≤9.1

applewatchosRange≤2.1

Node

xmlsoftlibxml2Range≤2.9.2

Node

hpicewall_federation_agentMatch3.0

hpicewall_file_managerMatch3.0

Node

debiandebian_linuxMatch7.0

debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux15.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux15.10cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop6.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_hpc_node6.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_server6.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation6.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleiphone_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applemac_os_x*cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:::::::*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_hpc_node	6.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
apple	iphone_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
apple	mac_os_x	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::