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.
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Information
Published : 2015-12-15 13:59
Updated : 2019-03-08 08:06
NVD link : CVE-2015-5312
Mitre link : CVE-2015-5312
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server
apple
- tvos
- mac_os_x
- watchos
- iphone_os
debian
- debian_linux
hp
- icewall_file_manager
- icewall_federation_agent
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
xmlsoft
- libxml2