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Unscored DSA-3430-1 12 CVEs

libxml2 - security update

Published Dec 23, 2015 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 7 libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy5
Debian · 8 libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u1

Vulnerabilities 12

  • Medium —

    Nokogiri vulnerable to libxml XML Entity Expansion

    The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

  • 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…

  • Unscored —

    libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial …

  • Unscored —

    The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it st…

  • Unscored —

    The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-de…

  • Unscored —

    The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers t…

  • Unscored —

    The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-8710 Public exploit

    The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a deni…