| Name | CVE-2015-1819 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-266-1, DSA-3430-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 782782 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | jessie | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u6 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1 | low | 782782 | |
| libxml2 | source | jessie | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u1 | medium | DSA-3430-1 | |
| libxml2 | source | squeeze | 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze12 | medium | DLA-266-1 | |
| libxml2 | source | wheezy | 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy5 | medium | DSA-3430-1 |
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9
Concerns by Florian Weimer: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748278