CVE-2015-8710
It was discovered that libxml2 could access out-of-bounds memory when parsing unclosed HTML comments. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application linked against libxml2, could cause the application to disclose heap memory contents.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libxml2) | RHSA-2015:2549 | 2015-12-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libxml2) | RHSA-2015:2550 | 2015-12-07 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | RHSA-2016:1089 | 2016-05-17 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | libxml2 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libxml2 | Will not fix |