PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2015-7995Type confusion
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.023 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.5%
The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a “type confusion” issue.
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00123.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/28/4
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77325
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.386546
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962
git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=7ca19df892ca22d9314e95d59ce2abdeff46b617
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7995
support.apple.com/HT205729
support.apple.com/HT205731
support.apple.com/HT205732
support.apple.com/HT206168
Related
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.023 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.5%