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CVE-2015-8317

Description

The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read. #### Bugs * <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751631> * <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751603> #### Notes Author| Note ---|--- [mdeslaur](<https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur>) | already fixed by the following patches in wily+: 0011-Do-not-process-encoding-values-if-the-declaration-if.patch 0012-Fail-parsing-early-on-if-encoding-conversion-failed.patch


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
ubuntu 14.04 libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6
ubuntu upstream libxml2 2.9.3
ubuntu 15.04 libxml2 2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2

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