CVE-2015-1819

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-04-14
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

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

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.6
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (libxml2)	ELSA-2015-1419	2015-07-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (libxml2)	ELSA-2015-2550	2015-12-07
Oracle VM version 3.3 (libxml2)	OVMSA-2015-0097	2015-07-29