Description
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.
Published: 2015-11-18
Score: 2.6 Low
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3430-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7928 The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2812-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77390 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8035 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206166 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206168 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206169 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8035 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:31.812Z

Reserved: 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8035

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-18T16:59:09.883

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8035

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8035 - Bugzilla

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