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Unscored DLA-373-1 5 CVEs

libxml2 - security update

Published Dec 26, 2015 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 6.0 libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze16

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High —

    Nokogiri subject to DoS via libxml2 vulnerability

    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 tha…

  • Unscored —

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-depe…

  • Unscored —

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent…

  • Medium —

    Heap-based buffer overflow in nokogiri

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.

  • Unscored —

    The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of s…