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CVE-2015-1819

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Date: August 14, 2015

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.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (29)

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Url: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9

Url: https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1374

Url: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1819

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206168

Url: https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-1819.yml

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206167

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206166

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206169

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75570

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1819

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1819

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

CWE-776

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-1819

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Date: August 14, 2015

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

Related Resources (29)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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