Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20157941000
Revision Date:2015-11-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-7941 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-7941
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'libxml2' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.12').
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