SB2015070726 - Gentoo update for libxml2
Published: July 7, 2015 Updated: September 25, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015070726
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1819)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.