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CVE-2015-5312 Nokogiri subject to DoS via libxml2 vulnerability

HighCVSS 7.1 EPSS 4.5% PoC
Published
Updated
Exploit status
Proof-of-concept only

Description

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 products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) >= 1.6.0, <= 1.6.7.0 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.7.1 1.6.7.1
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.0 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.2 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.2.1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.2.rc1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.2.rc2 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.2.rc3 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.3 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.3.1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.3.rc1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.3.rc2 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.3.rc3 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.4 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.4.1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.5 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.6.1 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.6.2 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.6.3 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.6.4 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.7 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.7.rc2 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.7.rc3 No fix listed
rubygems nokogiri(RubyGems) = 1.6.7.rc4 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/libxml2(Debian:12) < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 2.9.3+dfsg1-1
debian/libxml2(Debian:13) < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 2.9.3+dfsg1-1
debian/libxml2(Debian:14) < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 2.9.3+dfsg1-1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 12.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 15.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 15.10 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux hpc node = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 6.0 No fix listed
apple iphone os <= 9.2.1 No fix listed
apple mac os x <= 10.11.3 No fix listed
apple tvOS <= 9.1 No fix listed
apple watchOS <= 2.1 No fix listed
xmlsoft libxml2 <= 2.9.2 No fix listed
HP Inc icewall federation agent = 3.0 No fix listed
HP Inc icewall file manager = 3.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 7.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed

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